Strengthening Child and Adolescent Mental Health Interventions, Systems and Policies for Improved Outcomes at Population Level

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue is to address integrated behavioral, mental health and/or psychosocial interventions that have been tested for improved child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) outcomes. Mental health system strengthening strategies that have worked in power-, middle- and upper-middle-income countries would also be of interest. There is a strong need to strengthen even the policy uptake around child and adolescent mental health in these geographies, as the implementation gaps also emanate from poor guidelines and policy action. We are a group of editors with an interest in CAMH as well as in improving social conditions that impact children, adolescents and young people in LMIC settings. We are interested in studies that present evidence from the adaptation of interventions from the Global North to South, as well as how Global South evidence success can inform improvements in the Global North. South–South partnerships with the aim of improving child and adolescent mental health would be key.

The scope of this Special Issue has been broadened to address multilevel determinants and evidence of interventions across individual, family, educational, social settings or across communities or clinical contexts. We will pay special attention to how vulnerable and sociohistorically marginalized child and adolescent populations are targeted in interventions. In addition, sexual and gender diversity, neurodiversity, child and youths with disabilities and populations exposed to complex life conditions are of special interest. If the targeted interventions include family strengthening, clinical service delivery improvements, improvements in policy environment and understanding of CAMH at political levels as well as in communities, we would welcome novel and contextual findings and the appraisal of evidence related to these interventions.

Dr. Manasi Kumar
Prof. Dr. David Otundo Ayuku
Prof. Dr. Naoufel Gaddour
Guest Editors

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• child and adolescent mental health
• multilevel risk and protective factors
• multilevel interventions
• contextual factors
• LMICs