COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, resulting in many countries worldwide
calling for lockdowns. This study aimed to review the existing literature on the effects of the …

Promotion of good mental health, prevention, and early intervention before/at the onset of
mental disorders improve outcomes. However, the range and peak ages at onset for mental …

Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning
and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that …

Importance Emerging research suggests that the global prevalence of child and adolescent
mental illness has increased considerably during COVID-19. However, substantial variability …

The human brain undergoes a prolonged period of cortical development that spans multiple
decades. During childhood and adolescence, cortical development progresses from lower …

In this commentary, we describe how language used to communicate about autism within
much of autism research can reflect and perpetuate ableist ideologies (ie, beliefs and …

The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely discussed during the
past few months, with scholars expressing concern about its potential debilitating …

Purpose COVID-19 has disrupted many aspects of adolescents' lives, yet little data are
available that document their subjective experiences of the pandemic. In a mixed-methods …

Introduction Increasing demand for mental health services and the expanding capabilities of
artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has driven the development of digital mental health …

Depression and anxiety are often first experienced during childhood and adolescence, and
interest in the prevention of these disorders is growing. The focus of this review was to …