youth mental health
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ABCD study, behavioral problems, CBCL, childhood poverty, early-life adversity, executive function, fMRI, inhibitory control, neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, resilience, socioeconomic status, stop-signal task, Stress, youth mental healthABCD: Childhood Poverty Raised Risk; Inhibitory Control Split Resilience
A 2026 ABCD cohort preprint involving 10,112 youth found that childhood poverty…
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Anxiety, body-focused repetitive behaviours, child and adolescent, cross-sectional research, depression, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, JCPP Advances, mediation analysis, online survey, self-evaluation, shame, survey, trichotillomania, youth mental healthThe role of shame in hairpulling: understanding adolescents’ experiences
Imagine your teenage self and everything you had to navigate: growing independence,…
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australia, child and adolescent, clinical engagement, digital engagement, digital health, digital innovation, digital interventions, digital mental health, digital peer support, Editor Simon Bradstreet, engagement, Internet Interventions, internet-based treatment, mixed methods, topical, youth mental healthSocial connection is the key for engaging young people with digital mental health interventions
As many are acutely aware, mental health services are increasingly unable to…
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child and adolescent, cross-sectional, depression, digital health, digital mental health, digital technology, harm, harm reduction, JAMA Pediatrics, obesity, parenting, Pediatrics, prospective study, risk factors, sleep, sleep disorders, sleep problems, smartphone acquisition, smartphones, teenagers, topical, youth mental health
Should we wait until age 13 before giving our kids a smartphone?
Two new studies from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort find that…
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child and adolescent, Editor Dafni Katsampa, Mental health, mental health campaigns, mental health knowledge, mental health literacy, mental-health-awareness, narrative review, Nature Reviews Psychology, nocebo, overdiagnosis, overpathologising, Population health, school-based interventions, scoping review, self-diagnosis, Social media, social media campaign, stigma, topical, Young people, youth mental healthMental health awareness: what we have gained, and what we did not expect
Mental health awareness has increased dramatically (Hahn et al., 2023; Henderson, Potts and…
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bullying, depression, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, loneliness, older adults, Psychiatry Research, social connection, social inclusion, social isolation, social network, social prescribing, umbrella review, vulnerable people, youth mental healthCan stronger social connections really help reduce depression?
Depression is a common mental health problem that affects approximately 4% of…
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child and adolescent, content analysis, coroner’s reports, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, Prevention, qualitative, suicide, systemic issues, The British Journal of Psychiatry, youth mental healthWhen systems fail children: what coroners’ reports reveal about preventable factors in adolescent suicide
Suicide is among the most frequent causes of death among children and…
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assisted dying, base rate problem, epidemiology, euthanasia, mental health policy, Netherlands, psychiatric ethics, Psychiatry, Psychology, suicide, suicide-prevention, Werther effect, youth mental healthYouth Psychiatric Euthanasia in the Netherlands (Dutch Suicide Data)
The Netherlands has practiced euthanasia for mental suffering since the early 2000s,…
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active coping, Anxiety, argentina, BMJ Mental Health, case-control, child and adolescent, childhood trauma, chile, cognitive restructuring, columbia, coping mechanisms, coping strategies, depression, Editor Simon Bradstreet, global mental health, problem focused coping, South America, Stress, University of Glasgow MSc Students, youth mental healthActive coping could protect young people from depression after adversity
Imagine stepping into the shoes of a 15-year-old for a day. What…
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BMJ Mental Health, child and adolescent, Cost effectiveness, digital health, digital mental health, digital technologies, economic evaluation, Editor Simon Bradstreet, health economics, mental wellbeing, Schools, Secondary schools, smartphone, smartphone bans, smartphones, youth mental healthDo school smartphone bans actually save schools money?
In many schools today, smartphones are a constant presence in corridors and…
