Pub Date : 2026-03-07DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-02986-9
Bahram Armoon, Alain Lesage, Arash Bahremand, Stéphane Potvin, Rasool Mohammadi, Mark D Griffiths, Robert-Paul Juster, Stéphane Guay
{"title":"Age, sex, and ethnic differences in substance use and/or substance use disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis and meta-regression.","authors":"Bahram Armoon, Alain Lesage, Arash Bahremand, Stéphane Potvin, Rasool Mohammadi, Mark D Griffiths, Robert-Paul Juster, Stéphane Guay","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-02986-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-02986-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147372309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-06DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-03001-x
Mette Falkenberg Krantz, Carsten Hjorthøj, Ditte Ellersgaard, Nicoline Hemager, Maja Gregersen, Anne Søndergaard, Aja Greve, Julie Marie Brandt, Lotte Veddum, Melanie Ritter, Christina Bruun Knudsen, Anna Krogh Andreassen, Ole Mors, Anne A E Thorup, Merete Nordentoft
{"title":"Correction: Development of self-esteem from childhood to adolescence in children at Familial high-risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.","authors":"Mette Falkenberg Krantz, Carsten Hjorthøj, Ditte Ellersgaard, Nicoline Hemager, Maja Gregersen, Anne Søndergaard, Aja Greve, Julie Marie Brandt, Lotte Veddum, Melanie Ritter, Christina Bruun Knudsen, Anna Krogh Andreassen, Ole Mors, Anne A E Thorup, Merete Nordentoft","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-03001-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-03001-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147364516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-04DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02932-1
Amarech Obse, Gabriela Pavarini, Mina Fazel, Minhua Ma, Daisy Fancourt, Craig Morgan, Eli Harriss, Kamaldeep Bhui, Lindsay Smith, Siobhan Hugh-Jones, Sania Shakoor, Georgina Hosang, Laura Havers, Anna Mankee-Williams, Paul McCrone
Globally in 2021, about 1 in 4 children and young people (CYP) below age 25 lived with poor mental health. Various forms of digital health interventions (DHIs) have been introduced in attempts to address unmet mental healthcare needs among young people. DHIs use websites or applications in computers, tablets, or smartphones to deliver mental health interventions, which are either self-directed, or therapist guided. This rapid review synthesises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of DHIs for supporting mental health in CYP. A literature search was carried out in MEDLINE and PsycINFO using Ovid platform. The search was restricted to peer-reviewed studies published in English between Jan 2018 to May 2025. Eligible studies were identified using the population, intervention, comparator, outcome, and study design (PICOS) framework. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they provided a trial- or model-based full economic evaluation or return on investment of a DHI targeting mental health in CYP up to 25 years of age. Titles and abstracts of 1,265 records were screened. 15 studies met the criteria for inclusion following full-text screening of 28 studies. The focal outcomes in the studies included reduction in symptoms linked to depression, anxiety, and alcohol use. Most studies evaluated computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) or interventions that included aspects of CBT as the primary intervention. All studies except two reported the DHIs to be cost-effective, at least under certain conditions. Two model-based and three trial-based studies reported that the interventions were dominant (cost saving and more effective) with respect to at least one outcome measure. There is some evidence to suggest DHIs hold the potential to expand and extend mental health support for CYP with minimal therapist involvement. Yet, the evidence is not conclusive due to short follow-up periods, variability in the methodological approaches and reporting of results. High quality evidence on cost-effectiveness of DHIs with comparable methodological approaches is needed to inform implementation decisions.
{"title":"Cost-effectiveness of digital health interventions for supporting mental health of children and young people: a rapid review and narrative synthesis.","authors":"Amarech Obse, Gabriela Pavarini, Mina Fazel, Minhua Ma, Daisy Fancourt, Craig Morgan, Eli Harriss, Kamaldeep Bhui, Lindsay Smith, Siobhan Hugh-Jones, Sania Shakoor, Georgina Hosang, Laura Havers, Anna Mankee-Williams, Paul McCrone","doi":"10.1007/s00787-025-02932-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02932-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Globally in 2021, about 1 in 4 children and young people (CYP) below age 25 lived with poor mental health. Various forms of digital health interventions (DHIs) have been introduced in attempts to address unmet mental healthcare needs among young people. DHIs use websites or applications in computers, tablets, or smartphones to deliver mental health interventions, which are either self-directed, or therapist guided. This rapid review synthesises the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of DHIs for supporting mental health in CYP. A literature search was carried out in MEDLINE and PsycINFO using Ovid platform. The search was restricted to peer-reviewed studies published in English between Jan 2018 to May 2025. Eligible studies were identified using the population, intervention, comparator, outcome, and study design (PICOS) framework. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they provided a trial- or model-based full economic evaluation or return on investment of a DHI targeting mental health in CYP up to 25 years of age. Titles and abstracts of 1,265 records were screened. 15 studies met the criteria for inclusion following full-text screening of 28 studies. The focal outcomes in the studies included reduction in symptoms linked to depression, anxiety, and alcohol use. Most studies evaluated computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) or interventions that included aspects of CBT as the primary intervention. All studies except two reported the DHIs to be cost-effective, at least under certain conditions. Two model-based and three trial-based studies reported that the interventions were dominant (cost saving and more effective) with respect to at least one outcome measure. There is some evidence to suggest DHIs hold the potential to expand and extend mental health support for CYP with minimal therapist involvement. Yet, the evidence is not conclusive due to short follow-up periods, variability in the methodological approaches and reporting of results. High quality evidence on cost-effectiveness of DHIs with comparable methodological approaches is needed to inform implementation decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147354590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-03DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-03004-8
M Vijayasimha, M Srikanth
{"title":"From \"large effects\" to decision-grade deployment: making pediatric virtual reality therapy for social anxiety implementation-ready.","authors":"M Vijayasimha, M Srikanth","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-03004-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-03004-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147343838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-03DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-02995-8
Vlad-Alexandru Rusu, Robert Vermeiren, Lisa Goossens, Laura Nooteboom
{"title":"Telepsychiatry in child and adolescent mental healthcare: clinicians' perspectives on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Vlad-Alexandru Rusu, Robert Vermeiren, Lisa Goossens, Laura Nooteboom","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-02995-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-02995-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147343878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-02993-w
Mie Sedoc Jørgensen, Sune Bo, Stine Jørgensen
{"title":"We are failing the rights of young people with borderline personality disorder.","authors":"Mie Sedoc Jørgensen, Sune Bo, Stine Jørgensen","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-02993-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-02993-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147303671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-27DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-02968-x
Maria Rodriguez-Perez, Mark Kennedy, Jana Kreppner, Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke
{"title":"Childhood post-adoption experiences and the long-term trajectories of deprivation-specific neurodevelopmental problems: a longitudinal study of the English and Romanian adoptee cohort.","authors":"Maria Rodriguez-Perez, Mark Kennedy, Jana Kreppner, Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke","doi":"10.1007/s00787-026-02968-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-02968-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147303633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}