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Public administration perspective on child and adolescent mental health programs

European journal of public health

Adolescents’ perceptions of mental health and mental health problems in post-conflict settings

European journal of public health

Mental health and school belonging among immigrant-background adolescents in Finland

European journal of public health

The role of stigma in late adolescents’ mental health experiences: a qualitative study

European journal of public health

The Importance of the Parent-Clinician Dyad During a Neurodevelopmental Assessment in a Community Mental Health Setting.

Hopkins L, Kehoe M, Harrison J et al.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Although much is known about the challenges clinicians and parents face during a neurodevelopmental assessment, to date, there has been little focus on examining these differing experiences. The aim of this study was to explore the views of clinical staff and parents during…

Severity Profiles of Smartphone Addiction and Mental Health Differences from the Perspective of Adolescent Development: A Latent Profile Analysis.

Zhang N, Gao X, Yang Y et al.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

IntroductionIn the digital age, smartphones may amplify adolescents' developmental vulnerability, making their mental health more likely to be affected by problematic smartphone use. However, prior research has largely overlooked adolescents' developmental characteristics and individual differences.MethodsThis study employed latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify…

Goals of Care Among Caregivers of Youths With Type 1 Diabetes.

Dimentstein K, Parimi N, Snyder MCN et al.Diabetes, obesity, and cardiometabolic CARE

Heterogeneity within high-risk trajectories: a formal latent class growth modeling approach to college student mental health.

Li Y, Xiao G, Xue HFrontiers in psychology

ObjectiveLatent Class Growth Modeling (LCGM) identifies distinct developmental trajectories but often treats classes as homogeneous. This study examines within-class heterogeneity in Chinese college students' mental health trajectories, focusing specifically on high-risk groups.MethodWe analyzed 2,562 Chinese college students (74.6% female; Mage = 18.5 years)…

Experiential avoidance and smartphone addiction in adolescents: a study using multi-model machine learning and mediation analysis.

Zhang X, Zhang WFrontiers in psychology

BackgroundSmartphone addiction is closely associated with adolescents' mental health and educational outcomes. Current research lacks comprehensive machine learning studies for predicting smartphone addiction factors, and studies examining relationships between various factors including mediation effects are also insufficient.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 3,405…

Development of a family functioning measure for Hispanic lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents.

Lozano A, Torres Arsuaga A, Dillon FR et al.Frontiers in public health

IntroductionHispanic lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents experience elevated risks for HIV-related risk behaviors, drug use, and mental-health problems. These problems may be impacted by various family functioning behaviors (e.g., communication, parental involvement). However, existing family functioning measures may not adequately capture the…

Referrals for suicidality to a UK child and adolescent mental health service: an evaluation of the policy and practice context of response to suicidal young people.

Moore F, Salonia I, Ali A et al.Frontiers in psychiatry

Aims and methodWe reviewed referrals mentioning suicidality to a Scottish CAMHS. The referrals were from January to June 2019 and 2022. We recorded the referral reason and outcome and compared these to the National CAMHS Service Specification (2020).ResultsOf 2,753 referrals, 560 (20.34%) mentioned…

Beyond effectiveness: orienting youth mental health research towards population impact.

Loades ME, Weisz JR, Beidas RSFrontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry

Youth mental health problems are a major and growing global challenge. Although effective interventions exist for many common mental health problems, population-level improvements have been limited. This paradox highlights that intervention effectiveness alone is likely insufficient to generate meaningful public health impact. Interventions…

Digital lifelines, data landmines: digital mental health tools for regional and urban families in an age of surveillance.

Butorac I, McNaney R, Seguin JP et al.Frontiers in digital health

BackgroundDepression, anxiety and behavioural disorders are among the leading causes of illness and disability for young people (aged 16-24 years), with suicide the third leading cause of death for individuals aged 15-29 years. For many young people, parents and caregivers play a central…

John Edward Fogarty: Where are you now that we need you-and from where will your successor come?

Munir KMFrontiers in public health

John Edward Fogarty (1913-1967), known across Washington as "Mr. Public Health," was the bricklayer-congressman who, with Senator Lister Hill, helped build the modern National Institutes of Health (NIH); he died on the morning of his fourteenth swearing-in. The Fogarty International Center (FIC), established…

An Investigation of Personal and Social-Contextual Resources as Mediators of the Influence of Duration of COVID-19 Pandemic Exposure and Mentoring Program Participation on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Adolescents.

DuBois DL, Herrera C, Kelly SWBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Although a sizable body of research indicates deterioration in the mental health of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mediating processes accounting for these effects as well as the potential for community-based prevention programs to offset and/or buffer declines in mental health during…

Longitudinal Associations Between Forgiveness and Psychological Flourishing in Chinese Early Adolescents: The Indirect Role of Psychological Resilience.

Zhang L, Li Q, Zhang Y et al.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Positive psychological qualities are core protective resources for adolescents' mental health and adaptive development. Although prior studies have confirmed the positive correlations among forgiveness, psychological resilience, and psychological flourishing, most empirical evidence is derived from cross-sectional data, leaving the longitudinal dynamics and potential…

Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency: A Novel ASNS Variant and a Systematic Review of Clinical Phenotypes and Cerebrospinal Fluid Asparagine Levels.

Patryk Lipiński, Sandra Górska, Julia Brąszkiewicz et al.Biomolecules

BACKGROUND: Asparagine synthetase deficiency (ASNSD) is a rare autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder associated with microcephaly, severe developmental impairment, epilepsy, and progressive cerebral atrophy. Reduced cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) asparagine has been proposed as a supportive biochemical marker, but the extent to which it provides…

The Neurotypical Assumption in Consumer Research: Rethinking Consumer Heterogeneity Through Neurocognitive Diversity.

Dakič P, Faganel ABehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Understanding why individuals perceive, interpret, and respond differently to the same environmental stimuli represents one of the central questions in the behavioral sciences. Across the psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and behavioral decision research, substantial effort has been devoted to explaining the mechanisms underlying…

Childhood Maltreatment Is Associated with Fire-Related Attitudes: The Role of Environmental Identity in a Portuguese Community Sample.

Ferrajão P, Lorenzo I, Monge J et al.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Deliberate fire-setting represents a significant environmental and public safety concern, yet research has primarily focused on identified firesetters and forensic or clinical populations. This study examined associations between childhood maltreatment and self-reported fire-related attitudes and tendencies in a Portuguese community sample, considering environmental…

Factors and Psychosocial and Physical Health Outcomes Associated with Cyberbullying Victimization in Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review.

Navarro-Vitoria A, Patró-Hernández RM, Galvez-Sánchez CM et al.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Background/Objectives: Cyberbullying victimization is a form of online harassment that can adversely affect adolescents' psychological, social, and physical well-being. Although research on cyberbullying has increased substantially in recent years, the factors associated with cyberbullying victimization and its medium- and long-term psychosocial consequences remain…