2025
Developing programme theory for a place-based, systems change approach to adolescent mental health: A developmental realist evaluation
Allen K, March A, Alexandrescu B, Harris J, Stemp R, Li S, Kennedy L, Davies K, Malhotra T, Santana de Lima E, Hobbs T, Rehill N, Shand J, Fonagy P, Pilling S, Berry V. Developing programme theory for a place-based, systems change approach to adolescent mental health: A developmental realist evaluation. PLOS Mental Health 2025, 2: e0000226. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000226.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent mental healthProgramme theoryMental healthInitial programme theoryYoung People's Advisory GroupEvidence-informed strategiesPlace-based initiativesSystems change approachImpact evaluationSocial determinantsRealist reviewRealist evaluationFocus groupsAdvisory GroupInformant interviewsPrevention frameworkMechanisms of changeHealthPlace-based approachWellbeingContextual driversProgrammeInterviewsTheory generationPlace-basedAddressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium
McMahon J, March S, Oakes M, Silverman W, Creswell C, Rowe A, Rajabi M, Skripkauskaite S. Addressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2025, 19: 62. PMID: 40442826, PMCID: PMC12123706, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-025-00918-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental healthFamily mental healthMental health researchMental health symptomsAdolescent mental healthPublic health crisisHealth researchHealth symptomsInternational ConsortiumMobilisation of resourcesLong-term trajectoriesLongitudinal researchRobust evidenceClinical practiceHealth crisisCross-culturallyCompare findingsCOVID-19 pandemicEthical reviewHealthYoung peopleResearch designCountry-level dataEffective supportPandemic impactSocio‐ecological domains and adolescent mental health: An application of the dual‐factor model
Rose T, Lambert S, Liu C, Raghunathan R, Musci R, Sullivan A, Lyall K, Elliott A, McEvoy C, Frazier J, Shipp G, Koinis‐Mitchell D, Ganiban J, Smith P, Newby L, Adair L, Jacobson L, Catellier D, McGrath M, Douglas C, Duggal P, Knapp E, Kress A, Blackwell C, Mansolf M, Lai J, Ho E, Cella D, Gershon R, Macy M, Das S, Freedman J, Mallal S, McLean J, Shah R, Shilts M, Alshawabkeh A, Cordero J, Meeker J, Trasande L, Camargo C, Hasegawa K, Zhu Z, Sullivan A, Dabelea D, Perng W, Bekelman T, Wilkening G, Magzamen S, Moore B, Starling A, Rinehart D, Mitchell D, D’Sa V, Deoni S, Mueller H, Duarte C, Monk C, Canino G, Posner J, Murray T, Lugo‐Candelas C, Dunlop A, Brennan P, Hockett C, Elliott A, Ferrara A, Croen L, Hedderson M, Ainsworth J, Bacharier L, Bendixsen C, Gern J, Gold D, Hartert T, Jackson D, Johnson C, Joseph C, Kattan M, Hershey G, Lemanske R, Lynch S, Miller R, O’Connor G, Ober C, Ownby D, Rivera‐Spoljaric K, Ryan P, Seroogy C, Singh A, Wood R, Zoratti E, Habre R, Farzan S, Gilliland F, Hertz‐Picciotto I, Bennett D, Schweitzer J, Schmidt R, LaSalle J, Hipwell A, Karr C, Bush N, LeWinn K, Sathyanarayana S, Zhao Q, Tylavsky F, Carroll K, Loftus C, Leve L, Ganiban J, Neiderhiser J, Weiss S, Litonjua A, McEvoy C, Spindel E, Tepper R, Newschaffer C, Lyall K, Volk H, Landa R, Ozonoff S, Piven J, Hazlett H, Pandey J, Schultz R, Dager S, Botteron K, Messinger D, Stone W, Ames J, O’Connor T, Miller R, Oken E, Hacker M, James‐Todd T, O’Shea T, Fry R, Frazier J, Singh R, Rollins C, Montgomery A, Vaidya R, Joseph R, Washburn L, Gogcu S, Bear K, Rollins J, Hooper S, Taylor G, Jackson W, Thompson A, Daniels J, Hernandez M, Lu K, Msall M, Lenski M, Obeid R, Pastyrnak S, Jensen E, Sakai C, Santos H, Kerver J, Paneth N, Barone C, Elliott M, Ruden D, Fussman C, Herbstman J, Margolis A, Schantz S, Geiger S, Aguiar A, Tabb K, Strakovsky R, Woodruff T, Morello‐Frosch R, Padula A, Stanford J, Porucznik C, Giardino A, Wright R, Wright R, Collett B, Baumann‐Blackmore N, Gangnon R, Jackson D, McKennan C, Wilson J, Altman M, Aschner J, Stroustrup A, Merhar S, Moore P, Pryhuber G, Hudak M, Lyndaker A, Lampland A, Rochelson B, Jan S, Blitz M, Katzow M, Brown Z, Chiuzan C, Rafael T, Lewis D, Meirowitz N, Poindexter B, Gebretsadik T, Osmundson S, Straughen J, Eapen A, Cassidy‐Bushrow A, Wegienka G, Sitarik A, Woodcroft K, Urquhart A, Levin A, Johnson‐Hooper T, Davidson B, Ma T, Barrett E, Blaser M, Dominguez‐Bello M, Horton D, Jimenez M, Rosen T, Palomares K, Avalos L, Zhu Y, Hunt K, Newman R, Bloom M, Alkis M, Roberts J, Mumford S, Burris H, DeMauro S, Yee L, Hamvas A, Olidipo A, Haddad A, Eiland L, Spillane N, Suri K, Fisher S, Goldstein J, Mithal L, DeRegnier R, Maitre N, Nguyen R, JaKa M, Sidebottom A, Paidas M, Potter J, Ruby N, Duthely L, Jayakumar A, Young K, Maldonado I, Miller M, Slaughter J, Keim S, Lynch C, Venkatesh K, Whitworth K, Symanski E, Northrup T, Mendez‐Figueroa H, Mosquera R, Karagas M, Madan J, MacKenzie D, Lewis J, Rennie B, Leventhal B, Kim Y, Bishop S, Nozadi S, Luo L, Lester B, Marsit C, Everson T, Loncar C, McGowan E, Sheinkopf S, Carter B, Check J, Helderman J, Neal C, Smith L. Socio‐ecological domains and adolescent mental health: An application of the dual‐factor model. Journal Of Research On Adolescence 2025, 35: e70029. PMID: 40400085, PMCID: PMC12095899, DOI: 10.1111/jora.70029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health groupDual-factor modelMental healthHealth groupsDual-factor model of mental healthComprehensive assessment of mental healthAssessment of mental healthModel of mental healthChild health outcomesNon-Hispanic whitesPositive mental healthLatent profile analysisLatent regression analysesNo significant moderatorsMental health profilesAdolescent mental healthSocio-ecological domainsCross-sectional dataSocioecological domainsHealth outcomesHealth profileSignificant moderatorEnvironmental influencesHealthDual factorsChild and adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: an overview of key findings from a thematic series
Frentzen E, Fegert J, Martin A, Witt A. Child and adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: an overview of key findings from a thematic series. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2025, 19: 57. PMID: 40380268, PMCID: PMC12084982, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-025-00910-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRestrictive measuresCOVID-19 pandemicMental healthParent-child separationAdolescent mental healthChild mental healthPsychiatric careSpread of COVID-19COVID-19Social fabricReview processImpact of COVID-19Editor-in-ChiefSuicidal behaviorHome schoolingComplianceChild separationPeer review processNon-Suicidal Self-InjurySelf-injuryPsychological impactIn additionCountriesConclusionA broad rangeConsequencesSupporting the next generation of professionals in child and adolescent mental health: the fourth Catania residential course endorsed by ESCAP
Riccioni A, Siracusano M, Davico C, Klauser P, Morcillo C, Ougrin D, Vitiello B, Plessen K, Danese A, Speranza M, Bölte S, Cortese S, Mazzone L, Armando M. Supporting the next generation of professionals in child and adolescent mental health: the fourth Catania residential course endorsed by ESCAP. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2025, 1-4. PMID: 40266376, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02721-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA systemic approach to identifying sustainable community-based interventions for improving adolescent mental health: a participatory group model building and design protocol
Keenan M, Freeman L, Santana de Lima E, Potter K, Hobbs T, Ballard E, Fonagy P. A systemic approach to identifying sustainable community-based interventions for improving adolescent mental health: a participatory group model building and design protocol. Health Research Policy And Systems 2025, 23: 9. PMID: 39806346, PMCID: PMC11727203, DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01247-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParticipatory group model buildingAdolescent mental healthImprove adolescent mental healthMental healthGroup model buildingMental health of childrenCo-designed interventionsCommunity-based participatoryPerceived mental healthCommunity-based interventionsWell-beingYoung peopleWell-being of young peopleHealth of childrenHealth determinantsSocial determinantsCommunity settingsParticipants' needsCo-designPost-deliveryFidelity evaluationLocal young peopleHealthDesign protocolsCommunity members
2024
Editorial: From adolescence into young adulthood – the importance of a longitudinal perspective across development in child and adolescent mental health
Koenig J, Farhat L, Bloch M. Editorial: From adolescence into young adulthood – the importance of a longitudinal perspective across development in child and adolescent mental health. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 66: 1-3. PMID: 39690123, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopmental trajectoriesYoung adulthoodJournal of Child PsychologyYoung adultsAdolescent mental healthRomantic partnersPsychiatric disordersChild psychologyIndividual well-beingDevelopmental periodMental healthEnvironmental demandsSocial interactionAdolescentsAdulthoodWell-beingLongitudinal perspectiveMaturational changesPersonsAdultsBiological changesPersonal lifePsychologyPsychiatryDisordersImproving School Mental Health via National Learning Collaboratives With State and Local Teams: Components, Feasibility, and Initial Impacts
Bohnenkamp J, Robinson P, Connors E, Carter T, Orenstein S, Reaves S, Hoover S, Lever N. Improving School Mental Health via National Learning Collaboratives With State and Local Teams: Components, Feasibility, and Initial Impacts. Evaluation & The Health Professions 2024, 47: 402-419. PMID: 39604109, DOI: 10.1177/01632787241288850.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool mental healthLearning CollaborativeMental healthEffective quality improvement strategiesSchool mental health promotionSchool mental health systemsEvidence-informed best practicesYouth mental health crisisHealth quality improvementMental health promotionLearning collaborative modelNational learning collaborativeQuality improvement strategiesMental health supportMental health systemHealth System ChangeUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineMental health crisisAdolescent mental healthHealth promotionHealth supportHealth systemSchool of MedicineTreatment servicesQuality improvementChildhood adversity and adolescent mental health: Examining cumulative and specificity effects across contexts and developmental timing.
Hardi F, Peckins M, Mitchell C, McLoyd V, Brooks-Gunn J, Hyde L, Monk C. Childhood adversity and adolescent mental health: Examining cumulative and specificity effects across contexts and developmental timing. Development And Psychopathology 2024, 1-17. PMID: 39359017, PMCID: PMC11965435, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579424001512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchYouth psychopathologyChildhood adversityPredictive of internalizing symptomsPredictors of internalizing symptomsImpact of childhood adversityFuture of familiesTiming of adversityAdolescent mental healthPsychological aggressionExternalizing symptomsMiddle childhoodParenting stressPsychopathologyLongitudinal sampleStructured life course modeling approachMental healthAdversityAged 9Early childhoodSpecific effectsAged 3ChildhoodSymptomsYouthToddlerhood10.2 “Treating Family-as-a-Whole”: CHATogether Improves Teen-Parent Relationships and Clinical Outcomes in Adolescent Mental Health
Yuen E. 10.2 “Treating Family-as-a-Whole”: CHATogether Improves Teen-Parent Relationships and Clinical Outcomes in Adolescent Mental Health. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 63: s15. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent mental healthMental healthAdolescents with first-episode psychosis and clinical high risk in the Province of Ferrara: an audit on the implementation of a specialised early intervention program
Magnabosco V, Ferrara M, Domenicano I, Cruciata M, Sarela A, Emanuelli F, Grassi L. Adolescents with first-episode psychosis and clinical high risk in the Province of Ferrara: an audit on the implementation of a specialised early intervention program. International Journal Of Psychiatry In Clinical Practice 2024, 28: 224-234. PMID: 39810320, DOI: 10.1080/13651501.2024.2446777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical high riskFirst-episode psychosisGeneral practitionersSpecialised mental health careStandardised assessmentMental health careQuality improvement initiativesAdolescent mental healthAdult psychiatric servicesHigh riskCAMH careCAMH servicesEarly intervention programsHealth careSub-optimal adherenceImprovement initiativesMental healthPsychiatric hospitalisationPsychiatric servicesPharmacological prescriptionsDrug prescribingIntervention programsDescriptive statisticsPsychiatric differential diagnosisPsychiatric unitHow does Kailo work to improve adolescent mental health? A developmental realist evaluation protocol
Kennedy L, March A, Harris J, Allen K, Hanley Santos G, Davies K, Malhotra T, Joshi K, Hobbs T, Fonagy P, Pilling S, Berry V. How does Kailo work to improve adolescent mental health? A developmental realist evaluation protocol. Wellcome Open Research 2024, 9: 547. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22946.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent mental healthImprove adolescent mental healthProgramme theoryMental healthPoor adolescent mental healthGroup discussionsEvaluating complex interventionsMixed-methods evaluationPilot sitesImprove public healthCommunity-centred researchFocus group discussionsSemi-structured interviewsComplex interventionsSocial determinantsRealist synthesisConventional interventionsTheory-based evaluationHealthPublic healthSystemic factorsInterventionYoung peopleProgrammeComplex systems approachLatent Profiles of Childhood Adversity, Adolescent Mental Health, and Neural Network Connectivity
Hardi F, Beltz A, McLoyd V, Brooks-Gunn J, Huntley E, Mitchell C, Hyde L, Monk C. Latent Profiles of Childhood Adversity, Adolescent Mental Health, and Neural Network Connectivity. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2430711. PMID: 39196556, PMCID: PMC11358864, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.30711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthAdolescent mental healthHigh adversityPopulation-based birth cohortChildhood adversityMultiple adversitiesAged 0 to 9 yearsMaternal mental healthAdverse childhood experiencesMultiple risk factorsAdverse profilePsychiatric morbidityMain OutcomesAdverse levelsBirth cohortSalience networkFrontoparietal networkHigher symptomsYouth-report measureCohort studyBrain healthLatent profilesLow adversityBrain connectivityChildhood experiencesEfficacy of Community-Delivered PEERS® for Adolescents: Increases in Social Skills and Decreases in Social Anxiety and Loneliness
Parenteau C, Floyd J, Ankenman K, Glavin T, Charalel J, Lin E, Ence W, Kim Y, Bishop S, Zheng S. Efficacy of Community-Delivered PEERS® for Adolescents: Increases in Social Skills and Decreases in Social Anxiety and Loneliness. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2024, 1-8. PMID: 38884888, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06433-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health outcomesSelf-reported lonelinessPost-interventionHealth outcomesPre- to post-interventionImprove adolescent mental healthAutism spectrum disorderPost-intervention changesScores of outcome measuresAdolescent mental healthImproving social knowledgeSocial skillsSkills training programBenefits of peerControlled research settingsCommunity providersPaired t-testMental healthCaregiver-reported anxietySpecialty clinicsSecondary analysisSocial skills training programOutcome measuresTraining programEfficacy of peerO le tagata ma lona aiga, o le tagata ma lona fa’asinomaga (Every person belongs to a family and every family belongs to a person): Development of a parenting framework for adolescent mental wellbeing in American Samoa
Mew E, Hunt L, Toelupe R, Blas V, Winschel J, Naseri J, Soliai-Lemusu S, Tofaeono J, Seui M, Ledoux-Sunia T, Sunia F, Reid A, Helsham D, Lowe S, Poulin R, Hawley N, McCutchan-Tofaeono J. O le tagata ma lona aiga, o le tagata ma lona fa’asinomaga (Every person belongs to a family and every family belongs to a person): Development of a parenting framework for adolescent mental wellbeing in American Samoa. Children And Youth Services Review 2024, 160: 107502. PMID: 38946713, PMCID: PMC11209950, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPromote adolescent mental healthAdolescent mental healthAdolescent mental wellbeingMental health problemsMental healthMental wellbeingParenting programsPrevalence of mental health problemsCaregiver mental healthHealth problemsHealth system effortsPromote mental healthCommunity members' perspectivesSemi-structured in-depth interviewsHealthy coping strategiesAdolescent participantsSamoan communityFamily-based interventionsRegion of residenceAdult key informantsDeductive thematic analysisEvidence-based frameworkSemi-structured interviewsCommunity-partneredIn-depth interviewsBuilding resilience: Key to protecting adolescent mental health
Viding E, Fearon P, Wu T, Lloyd A, Lucas L, Law R, Smith J. Building resilience: Key to protecting adolescent mental health. Open Access Government 2024, 41: 184-185. DOI: 10.56367/oag-041-11194.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
“There are still broken or fragmented systems”: Qualitative assessment of needs to strengthen adolescent mental health services in American Samoa
Mew E, Blas V, Winschel J, Hunt L, Soliai‐Lemusu S, Johansson A, Lowe S, Faiai M, Naseri J, Toelupe R, Ipou F, Seui M, Ledoux‐Sunia T, Sunia F, Galea’i A, Poulin R, Hawley N, McCutchan‐Tofaeono J. “There are still broken or fragmented systems”: Qualitative assessment of needs to strengthen adolescent mental health services in American Samoa. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing 2023, 33: 85-92. PMID: 37691318, PMCID: PMC10872981, DOI: 10.1111/inm.13223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth needsAdolescent mental healthMental healthAdolescent mental health servicesCommon mental health problemsMental health servicesAdolescent health needsPost-traumatic stress disorderMental health needsMental health systemMental health problemsAdolescent mental health needsRegion of residenceHealth burdenHigh burdenMental health challengesTreatment accessHealth problemsHealth servicesHealth challengesHealth systemStress disorder
2022
Healing the Whole Family: A Graphic Story Intervention for AAPI Mental Health
Ngo N, Chiang G, Yuen E. Healing the Whole Family: A Graphic Story Intervention for AAPI Mental Health. Graphic Medicine Review 2022, 2 DOI: 10.7191/gmr.696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAddressing the Child Mental Health State of Emergency in Schools—Opportunities for State Policy Makers
Cummings JR, Wilk AS, Connors EH. Addressing the Child Mental Health State of Emergency in Schools—Opportunities for State Policy Makers. JAMA Pediatrics 2022, 176: 541-542. PMID: 35344000, PMCID: PMC9177507, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health stateAdolescent mental healthMental healthHealth statesSchool settingsAction statesEmergencySchool opportunities
2021
Pakistan’s First Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit: Characteristics of admitted patients and response to treatment over a 7-year period
Imran N, Bodla Z, Asif A, Shoukat R, Azeem M. Pakistan’s First Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Unit: Characteristics of admitted patients and response to treatment over a 7-year period. Pakistan Journal Of Medical Sciences 2021, 37: 305-311. PMID: 33679904, PMCID: PMC7931300, DOI: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.2611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInpatient unitPsychiatry inpatient unitDedicated childSomatoform disordersClinical Global Impression ScaleKing Edward Medical UniversityGlobal Impression ScaleFirst childAdolescent inpatient unitDifficulties Questionnaire scoresCharacteristics of childrenAdolescent mental healthCommon diagnosisMiddle-income countriesReferral patternsMean ageMean durationImpression ScaleMedical recordsInpatient treatmentPatients' scoresMood disordersQuestionnaire scoresPsychiatric diagnosisDelusional disorder
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