Barriers to and facilitators of user engagement with web-based mental health interventions in young people: a systematic review
AbstractMany young people (YP) are diagnosed with mental illnesses and require support. Web-based mental health interventions (W-MHIs) have been increasingly utilized by YP, healthcare providers, and parents due to reasons including convenience and anonymity. W-MHIs are effective in improving mental health in YP. However, real-world engagement with W-MHIs remains low. Therefore, understanding barriers/facilitators of user engagement with W-MHIs is necessary to promote W-MHIs and help users gain optimal benefits through higher engagement. This review aims to identify barriers/facilitators of user engagement with W-MHIs in Y...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Protective factors for suicidal ideation: a prospective study from adolescence to adulthood
In this study, several protective factors for suicidal ideation persisted into adulthood, with distinct differences between males and females. (Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Is neighbourhood deprivation in primary school-aged children associated with their mental health and does this association change over 30 months?
AbstractAs both socioeconomic deprivation and the prevalence of childhood mental health difficulties continue to increase, exploring the relationship between them is important to guide policy. We aimed to replicate the finding of a mental health gap that widened with age between those living in the most and least deprived areas among primary school pupils. We used data from 2075 children aged 4 –9 years in the South West of England recruited to the STARS (Supporting Teachers and childRen in Schools) trial, which collected teacher- and parent-reported Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at baseline, 18-month and...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Impact of poverty and adversity on perceived family support in adolescence: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
AbstractEmotional support from family members may have an important effect on adolescent health outcomes, and has been identified as a target for policy to protect against the impacts of poverty and other early life adversities. However, few studies have assessed the extent to which poverty and adversity themselves influence the nature of emotional support that parents can provide to adolescents. We, therefore, aimed to investigate the impact of trajectories of income poverty and family adversities, including parental mental ill health, alcohol misuse and domestic violence across childhood developmental stages on young peo...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adolescents with high salivary levels of copper, manganese, and zinc
AbstractExposure to toxic heavy metals has been associated with the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, fewer studies have examined the associations between abnormal levels of essential trace metals and ADHD, and none have done so using saliva. We investigated whether salivary metals were associated with ADHD in adolescents aged 12 from the Family Life Project (FLP) using a nested case –control study design that included 110 adolescents who met diagnostic criteria for inattentive (ADHD-I), hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-H), or combined type ADHD (ADHD-C) (cases) and 173 children who did ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Prevalence and quality of life of 11 –15-year-old adolescent young carers in France: a school-based study
AbstractOur study aimed to establish the prevalence of adolescent young carers (AYCs) among 11 –15-year-old French adolescents and explore the impacts of caring on these youths through a comprehensive evaluation of their quality of life. A total of 1983 middle school pupils (mean age = 12.89; 56.23% females) completed self-reported questionnaires evaluating their sociodemographic charac teristics, illness/disability in their family, caring activities (MACA-YC18), quality of life (KIDSCREEN-52), perceived health, and academic performance. Descriptive analyses, Chi-square tests of independence, Student’st-tests, and ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Physical activity and psychopathology: are long-term developmental trajectories of physical activity in children and adolescents associated with trajectories of general mental health problems and of attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms?
This study employed data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) collected at three time points (baseline, Wave 1, Wave 2, over 10 years) from 17,640 children and adolescents. Using parent-reported data from the Strengths and Difficultie s Questionnaire (SDQ), different developmental trajectories of general mental health problems (SDQ-total) and ADHD symptoms (SDQ-H/I) were identified with latent class mixed models (LCMM) statistics. This was also applied to parent- and self-reported data of three levels of PA. The latter was assess ed according to WHO recommendations. ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Randomized controlled trial of individualized arousal-biofeedback for children and adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD)
AbstractDisruptive behavior disorders [including conduct disorder (CD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)] are common childhood and adolescent psychiatric conditions often linked to altered arousal. The recommended first-line treatment is multi-modal therapy and includes psychosocial and behavioral interventions. Their modest effect sizes along with clinically and biologically heterogeneous phenotypes emphasize the need for innovative personalized treatment targeting impaired functions such as arousal dysregulation. A total of 37 children aged 8 –14 years diagnosed with ODD/CD were randomized to 20 sessions of indi...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Childhood obesity and adolescent follow-up depressive symptoms: exploring a moderated mediation model of body esteem and gender
This study is unique in examining an indirect pathway of this link via body esteem (BE) prospectively from childhood (8 –12 years) to adolescence (13–18 years). In addition, potential gender moderation was examined. This study utilized data from a case–control study comparing 100 children with and without obesity matched on important confounders (age, gender, and socioeconomic status). Our findings provide su pport for the mediating role of BE in the link between childhood weight status and adolescent depressive symptoms at a 5-year follow-up. This mediation effect did not differ between boys and girls. The finding...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Risk and protective factors of suicidal tendencies among freshmen in China revealed by a hierarchical regression model
This study aimed to identify risk and protective factors for suicidal tendencies among college students by exploring current mental health, personal experiences, family environment, and school adaptation. A total of 11,504 freshmen in China were recruited. Suicidal tendencies were assessed using the Adolescents Suicidal Tendencies Scale (ASTS), while explored risk and protective factors included mental health assessed by the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90), campus adaptation using the College Student School Adaptation Scale, and Personal Situation Survey. Single-factor Logistic regression analysis, correlation analysis, and ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Influence of at-risk family interactions on the course of psychiatric care in adolescence
AbstractDysparenting, referring to inappropriate parental attitudes, is a vulnerability factor for mental disorders during adolescence and a therapeutic leverage, yet clinicians lack reliable tools to assess it in daily clinical practice. Moreover, the effect of this dysparenting on the amount of psychiatric care remains unclear. The Family and Care study aims to develop the at-risk family interactions and levers (ARFIL) scale, a comprehensive 30-item clinical scale, and to assess in a cross-sectional design, the impact of these at-risk family interactions on the care of adolescents (n = 425) hospitalized in psychiatry...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Peer relationships, adolescent anxiety, and life satisfaction: a moderated mediation model in Turkish and syrian samples
This study examined the mediating effect of peer relationships and the moderating effect of being a refugee or native adolescent on the relationship between adolescent anxiety and life satisfaction across different samples. Participants and setting: The study included 2,336 adolescents aged 11 –19 (M = 14.79, SD = 1.04). Participants completed the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The mediation and moderation effects were analyzed with the path analysis codes written on Mplus 8.3. SPSS 26 was u sed for descriptive statistics and...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Participation in club sport in childhood is associated with mental health in preterm and term born adolescents
AbstractPreterm born individuals have an increased risk for mental health problems. Participation in club sport is associated with better mental health but the causal direction is unclear. It is not known whether this association could also be found in preterm children. Data from term born (N = 10,368), late preterm (N = 630), and very to moderately preterm born (N = 243) children from the Millennium Cohort Study at the ages of 3, 5, 7, 11, and 14 years were used. Longitudinal associations between the parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) and club sport participation (days per week) we...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Protective factors associated with resilience among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: a matched cross-sectional study
This study aimed to examine protective factors associated with resilience among unaccompanied refugee minors in comparison to their Norwegian peers and to examine associations between resilience factors and characteristics related to positive outcomes among unaccompanied minors. Data stem from thePathways to Independence study conducted in Bergen municipality, Norway in 2018 –2019 where 81 unaccompanied minors aged 15–20 participated (83.3% male; 80% response rate). An age- and sex-matched control group of 324 adolescents was retrieved from the youth@hordaland study conducted in Norway in 2012. Resilience factors were ...
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - January 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Aetiological developmental models of symptoms of mental disorders in children: are we focussing on the relevant aspects in relation to individual diagnosis and intervention?
(Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Source: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - January 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research