Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks
Abstract The field of child and adolescent mental health research is currently undergoing important shifts. In line with its mission to support accessible child mental health science for all, JCPP Advances has included 12 studies in its June 2025 issue, eight of which are presented in this editorial...
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| description | Abstract The field of child and adolescent mental health research is currently undergoing important shifts. In line with its mission to support accessible child mental health science for all, JCPP Advances has included 12 studies in its June 2025 issue, eight of which are presented in this editorial. These articles reflect how recent changes are influencing research in the field. These include the adoption of transdiagnostic frameworks to better understand shared mechanisms across diagnostic categories, and the growing use of participatory research to involve children, young people, and families in the design of assessments and interventions. The highlighted papers examine emotion regulation in autism, longitudinal pathways to psychopathology, the role of family dynamics and prosocial behaviours, and the development of accessible, inclusive tools and interventions. Together, they showcase how the field is evolving to become more developmentally informed, inclusive, and responsive to the real‐world needs of young people and their support networks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f54a6950c19490982170cced8e18a1f2025-08-20T03:25:47ZengWileyJCPP Advances2692-93842025-06-0152n/an/a10.1002/jcv2.70015Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworksAlessio Bellato0Asilay Seker1School of Psychology University of Southampton Southampton UKInstitute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London London UKAbstract The field of child and adolescent mental health research is currently undergoing important shifts. In line with its mission to support accessible child mental health science for all, JCPP Advances has included 12 studies in its June 2025 issue, eight of which are presented in this editorial. These articles reflect how recent changes are influencing research in the field. These include the adoption of transdiagnostic frameworks to better understand shared mechanisms across diagnostic categories, and the growing use of participatory research to involve children, young people, and families in the design of assessments and interventions. The highlighted papers examine emotion regulation in autism, longitudinal pathways to psychopathology, the role of family dynamics and prosocial behaviours, and the development of accessible, inclusive tools and interventions. Together, they showcase how the field is evolving to become more developmentally informed, inclusive, and responsive to the real‐world needs of young people and their support networks.https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.70015ADHDadolescenceautismchild psychiatrymental healthneurodiversity |
| spellingShingle | Alessio Bellato Asilay Seker Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks JCPP Advances ADHD adolescence autism child psychiatry mental health neurodiversity |
| title | Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks |
| title_full | Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks |
| title_fullStr | Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks |
| title_short | Towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research: Bridging gaps through neuro‐affirmative, transdiagnostic, and participatory frameworks |
| title_sort | towards a more inclusive child and adolescent mental health research bridging gaps through neuro affirmative transdiagnostic and participatory frameworks |
| topic | ADHD adolescence autism child psychiatry mental health neurodiversity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.70015 |
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