Targeted Diagnosis and Treatment of Maladaptive Developmental Trajectories and Psychopathological Manifestations in Children and Adolescents
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 235
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health psychology; stress; resilience; coping strategies; burnout; trauma; self-efficacy; suggestibility; child abuse
Interests: well-being at school; psychological processes in education; teachers’ training
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, a rapid and heterogeneous shift has been observed in the conduct of children and adolescents, which serves as an expression of their underlying distress. In fact, we are witnessing the appearance of new forms of maladaptive developmental trajectories, which, in some cases, represent psychopathological manifestations. Various clinical and social factors can contribute to the distress experienced by children and adolescents, leading to the development of these conditions. For example, the literature has highlighted how temperamental factors, environmental influences, and negative life experiences can constrain the development of certain personal capacities. For instance, children and adolescents who are unable to form and maintain healthy emotional relationships, self-regulate their emotional states and responses, participate in and contribute to a group, and be emotionally aware, empathic, and respectful of others will be less resourceful in social situations, more emotionally vulnerable, and more likely to develop both internalizing and externalizing social-emotional difficulties and clinical disorders.
This phenomenon has become a growing concern worldwide as the mental health needs of young individuals continue to escalate. Join us as we try to identify risk and protective factors but also implement effective evidence-based medical and clinical interventions, adopting an interdisciplinary perspective.
Dr. Monia Vagni
Dr. Andrea Baroncelli
Dr. Valeria Giostra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- maladaptive developmental trajectories
- developmental psychopathology
- predictors and correlates of distress in children and adolescents
- new forms of social-emotional difficulties and distress
- clinical and social interventions and preventions
- cognitive, affective, expressive and social improvement of children and adolescents
- conduct problems
- evidence-based practices
- early interventions
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