Child And Adolescent Mental Health
Child And Adolescent Mental Health

‘Life became harder with COVID-19’: exploring the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among youth living in eThekwini district, South Africa

BMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 17;24(1):1922. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19238-7. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In South Africa, pervasive age and gender inequities have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic …

Macrostructural Brain Morphology as Moderator of the Relationship Between Pandemic-Related Stress and Internalizing Symptomology During COVID-19 in High-Risk Adolescents

Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Jul 15:S2451-9022(24)00190-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.07.002. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: According to person-by-environment models, individual differences in traits may …

Randomised controlled trial of an online mental health and suicide gatekeeper resource for parents and caregivers: study protocol

BMJ Open. 2024 Jul 17;14(7):e082963. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082963. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Rates of help-seeking for mental disorders and suicide are low among children and adolescents. Parents are …

Behind the heterogeneity in the long-term course of first-episode psychosis: Different psychotic symptom trajectories are associated with different patterns of cannabis and stimulant use

Schizophr Res. 2024 Jul 16;271:91-99. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.07.006. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Data-driven classification of long-term psychotic symptom trajectories and identification of associated risk …

The role of core self-evaluation between peer victimization and depression: A longitudinal multilevel moderated mediation model and the healthy context paradox in Chinese adolescents

J Affect Disord. 2024 Jul 15:S0165-0327(24)01101-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.048. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: According to the healthy context paradox, the negative effects of peer …

“You think lots of love will heal the child, but it requires a lifetime of patience”. Foster parents’ intrapersonal and interpersonal struggles

Child Abuse Negl. 2024 Jul 16;154:106947. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106947. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Foster parents can be placed under significant demands when caring for …

A comprehensive measure assessing different types of problematic use of the internet among Chinese adolescents: The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11)

Compr Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 8;134:152517. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152517. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Problematic use of the internet (PUI) is prevalent, particularly among adolescents and …

Clinical segmentation in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: Cognitive impairments and additional genetic load

J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Jun 26;177:153-161. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.06.045. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is associated with high psychiatric morbidity. However, …

Mental health among women and girls of diverse backgrounds in Canada before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: An intersectional analysis

Health Rep. 2024 Jul 17;35(7):14-27. doi: 10.25318/82-003-x202400700002-eng. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Mental health disparity is associated with diverse characteristics, such as gender, socioeconomic status, Indigenous identity, immigrant …