Child And Adolescent Mental Health
Child And Adolescent Mental Health

“Just realising that I wasn’t alone… was profound”: a mixed-methods evaluation of a pilot peer-to-peer wellbeing program for carers of children with rare epilepsies

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Oct 21;20(1):524. doi: 10.1186/s13023-025-04036-0. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Caring for a child with a complex rare condition is widely acknowledged to have …

A retrospective and comprehensive analysis of excess life-years lost, mortality risk, and cause of death among severe mental illness in China

BMC Med. 2025 Oct 21;23(1):571. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04380-9. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) experience higher mortality rates than the general population. We conducted …

Validating a positive mental health measure with Portuguese adolescents and exploring associations with mental health perceived competencies

BMC Public Health. 2025 Oct 21;25(1):3552. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24851-1. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Positive mental health involves hedonic well-being (pleasure) and eudaimonic well-being (positive functioning). This construct can …

Quality of life in children and adolescents with visual impairment: key pillars of support explored through a qualitative analysis among different healthcare professionals in the Flemish healthcare landscape

Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Oct 21:1-13. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2576629. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Children and adolescents with visual impairment (VI) face challenges in mobility, social …

“Hard-To-Reach” Voices: Methodology of Qualitative Research on Violence Against Women With Disabilities-A Systematic Review

Trauma Violence Abuse. 2025 Oct 20:15248380251376350. doi: 10.1177/15248380251376350. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Experiencing violence in childhood and adolescence is both common and long-lasting, and …

Psychotic symptoms during pharmacological treatment of ADHD: clinical considerations and research needs

Lancet Psychiatry. 2025 Oct 17:S2215-0366(25)00248-2. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00248-2. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT In this Personal View, we address key questions to support evidence-based prevention and …

Goal-directed behavior and hippocampal activity predict real-life impact of drinking intentions in alcohol use disorder

Transl Psychiatry. 2025 Oct 20;15(1):425. doi: 10.1038/s41398-025-03660-5. ABSTRACT A shift away from goal-directed, model-based behavior is commonly viewed to characterize alcohol use disorder (AUD). Previous …

Capacity to Invest Effort as a Predictor of Preference for Digital Mental Health Interventions Over Psychotherapy: Cross-Sectional Study Using an Ecological Digital Screening Tool

J Med Internet Res. 2025 Oct 20;27:e77802. doi: 10.2196/77802. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Research typically shows a higher preference for professionally led face-to-face mental health interventions over …