Advances and Innovations in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
A special issue of Psychiatry International (ISSN 2673-5318). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 203
Special Issue Editors
Interests: technology; youth mental health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a forthcoming Special Issue entitled “Advances and Innovations in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.” This collection will bring together leading scholars, clinicians and researchers to showcase cutting-edge developments shaping the future of mental health care for children and young people.
Child and adolescent mental health services are currently navigating unprecedented challenges, including rising prevalence of mental health difficulties, widening health inequalities, workforce pressures and the rapid expansion of digital and technology-enabled interventions. At the same time, significant innovations are emerging across prevention, early intervention, precision approaches, participatory research and policy translation. There is a growing need to integrate psychological science, neuroscience, implementation research and co-production methodologies to ensure that interventions are accessible, equitable, safe and responsive to real-world contexts.
This Special Issue will focus on novel theoretical frameworks, innovative intervention models (including digital and arts-based approaches), advancements in early identification and prevention and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital phenotyping and data-driven personalisation. We also welcome contributions addressing implementation science, health equity, global perspectives and system-level transformation in child and adolescent mental health.
Our aim is to curate a collection of high-quality original research articles, systematic reviews and thought-leading perspectives that exemplify methodological rigour, innovation and translational relevance. We anticipate that this Special Issue will provide an influential platform for advancing scholarship and practice in this critical field.
We warmly invite submissions from established and emerging scholars whose works contribute to shaping the next generation of child and adolescent mental health research and care.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Shaun Liverpool
Dr. Mia Eisenstadt
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mental health
- technology
- digital interventions
- children
- adolescents
- young people
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