Trends and Challenges in Clinical Psychological Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents

Dear Colleagues,

The psychological diagnosis of children and adolescents is a contemporary need, but also a big challenge. Most mental and neurodevelopmental illness has its onset in childhood and adolescence. 10% of children and adolescents have a clinically diagnosable mental problem, and 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14. 

Today, most conditions co-occur among children and youth. Therefore, professionals need a complex construct for diagnosis, including a developmental approach that takes into account multiple needs, family, and the sociocultural context. Diagnosing this group of patients requires taking into account a very wide range of factors and requires specific procedures and the skills of psychologists.

We would like to encourage the publication of researchers who put emphasis on practical applications. We are looking for research, tools, procedures, and solutions that take into account the developmental, family, and environmental perspectives of children and adolescents. It is advisable that the presented work has practical implications or constitutes a starting point for improving the daily practice of a diagnostic psychologist.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that address the new approaches in children's clinical psychological diagnosis, including the aspects of:

1. diagnosis of mental and developmental disorders of children and adolescents
   
   • neurodevelopmental disorders and dysfunctions
   • emotional and behavioral disorders 
   • eating disorders
   • trauma and stress related disorders
   • personality disorder symptoms 
2. trends in approach to psychological diagnosis

• psychosocial context of diagnosis
• developmental approach to diagnosis 
• psychological diagnosis in context of international classifications: ICD 11, DSM 5, DC: 0-5

challenges in clinical psychological diagnosis in children and adolescents

• remote diagnosis 
• diagnosis with the use of modern technologies
• interdisciplinary diagnosis
• functional diagnosis
• dynamic assessment

diagnosis of cognitive, emotional, social and family functioning in children suffering from 

• oncology
• neurology
• genetics
• chronic conditions

 Both qualitative and quantitative studies and reviews will be considered.

Prof. Małgorzata Lipowska
Dr. Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska
Dr. Urszula Sajewicz-Radtke
Guest Editors

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