Many previous studies have investigated the effects of social media use (SMU), including both general SMU and specific types of SMU (e.g., active and passive SMU), on adolescents’ depression. However, very few of these studies have employed a …

Questions have been raised about how social media may be experienced by adolescents with mental health concerns. Among socially anxious adolescents, social media may be experienced both negatively, because it can exacerbate core fears (e.g. …

Prior literature has suggested that the comorbidity of anxiety and depressive symptoms is often high and common among adolescents and has indicated low, moderate, and high developmental classes. However, there are measurement and theoretical …

Previous studies have noted links between peer relationships and depressive symptoms, but few have explored the subtle internal connections and inherent directionalities of these associations. Undirected and Bayesian network analyses were utilized …

There is a significant need to improve ADHD health literacy. This cross-disciplinary integrative review was conducted to synthesise the evidence on the impact ADHD has on brain maturation, composition and function as well as cognitive processes …

Parental accommodation is a well-established anxiogenic parenting practice that is ubiquitous among parents of youth with obsessive–compulsive symptoms (OCS). Accommodation is associated with heightened symptom severity (i.e., high levels of …

Intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, and positive beliefs about worry have been well researched in adults with Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), but few studies have explored these aspects in adolescent clinical samples. To address …

Previous studies have documented worsening behavioral and emotional symptoms in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, although much focus has been on internalizing conditions with relatively short follow-up time. We examined a range of symptoms …

Prior research has linked parental factors such as parent psychopathology, family functioning, parenting style, and parental practices to child anxiety and depression. Parents are often involved in interventions for these disorders. However …

Obsessive compulsive and related disorders have been linked to sleep disturbances. Given that adolescence is a core risk period for body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and sleep difficulties are particularly prevalent during adolescence, the current …

This study aimed to compare the family functioning and parenting styles in adolescents with trichotillomania (TTM) and healthy controls and to assess the relationships between the family functioning, parenting styles, and clinical features of TTM …

While laboratory and school playground-based independent evaluator (IE) rated measures of intervention outcome have been used in some clinical trials for autistic individuals (Dawson Pediatrics 125:e17–e23, 2010), IE ratings of children’s behavior …

Health-threatening underweight and poor growth is a frequent consequence of Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and should be a priority for treatment in children and adolescents (young people, YP). Coexisting autism is more …

Little data exist to guide suicide assessment protocols in preadolescent youth. Using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) data (N = 10,010) at baseline (ages 9–10) and 24-month follow-up (ages 11–12), this report investigates …

The diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) in young children has been a topic of debate, in part owing to varied interpretation of manic-like symptoms. We examined how expert academic clinicians participating in the pediatric bipolar biobank varied in …

Among a large sample of youth (9–10 years old at baseline) from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study® (n = 11,661) we modeled trajectories of psychopathology over three years and associated risk and protective factors. Growth …

Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) may mitigate the negative outcomes resulting from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). To date, most PCE research has used cross-sectional or retrospective designs. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, PsychINFO …

This pilot study evaluated the outcomes associated with a training workshop in cognitive-behavioural therapy with exposure and response prevention (ERP) for youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) aimed at improving clinicians’ capabilities …

There are few psychometrically sound measures of overprotection designed for the caregiver and focusing largely on overt behaviours and actions. The Parental Overprotection Measure (POM) was developed for research with preschool aged children and …