The use of information and communication technologies in family support across Europe: A narrative review

AC Canário, S Byrne, N Creasey, E Kodyšová… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of information and communication
technology (ICT) to deliver parenting and mental health support services to families. This …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on child and adolescent mental health and treatment considerations

DA Chavira, C Ponting, G Ramos - Behaviour research and therapy, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The US Surgeon General has warned that young people are facing “devastating” mental
health effects as a result of the challenges experienced by their generation, including the …

Lessons learned from the lessons learned in public health during the first years of COVID-19 pandemic

A Marcassoli, M Leonardi, M Passavanti… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
(1) Objectives: to investigate the main lessons learned from the public health (PH) response
to COVID-19, using the global perspective endorsed by the WHO pillars, and understand …

AI-based chatbot micro-intervention for parents: Meaningful engagement, learning, and efficacy

GA Entenberg, S Mizrahi, H Walker… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Mental health issues have been on the rise among children and adolescents,
and digital parenting programs have shown promising outcomes. However, there is limited …

Technology-enhanced BPT for early-onset behavior disorders: Improved outcomes for children with co-occurring internalizing symptoms

J Parent, A Highlander, R Loiselle, Y Yang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Early-onset behavior disorders (BDs) are common and costly. The evidence-base
for Behavioral Parent Training (BPT), the standard of care for early intervention for BDs in …

User experience with a parenting chatbot micro intervention

GA Entenberg, G Dosovitsky, S Aghakhani… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The use of chatbots to address mental health conditions have become
increasingly popular in recent years. However, few studies aimed to teach parenting skills …

Improvement in emotional bond and parental satisfaction among participants of an online training program for adoptive parents

RS Machemer, PS Silva, L Naddeo… - Adoption …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Adoption: Beginning of New Bonds is a six-week online parenting program
specifically designed to enhance Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) with the goal of …

“Will it Work as Well on Zoom?” A natural experiment during the Covid-19 pandemic of delivering parenting groups via video conferencing or in person

L van Leuven, M Lalouni, M Forster - Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2023 - Springer
While rates of child maltreatment increased during the Covid-19-pandemic, face-to-face
interventions to support families got difficult to carry out due to restrictions. Meanwhile, many …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of family therapy participation on youths and young adult engagement and retention in a telehealth intensive outpatient program: quality …

KR Berry, K Gliske, C Schmidt, J Ballard… - JMIR formative …, 2023 - formative.jmir.org
Background Early treatment dropout among youths and young adults (28%-75%) puts them
at risk for poorer outcomes. Family engagement in treatment is linked to lower dropout and …

Parenting Practices May Buffer the Impact of Adversity on Epigenetic Age Acceleration Among Young Children With Developmental Delays

ADW Sullivan, AK Bozack, A Cardenas… - Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined whether children exposed to adversity would exhibit lower epigenetic
age acceleration in the context of improved parenting. Children with developmental delays …