Debate: Are we over-pathologising young people's mental health? You'd be in denial if you think we aren't.

IF 6.8 3区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI:10.1111/camh.70015

Sami Timimi

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Abstract

Because definitions of mental disorder are inescapably subjective, they can be continuously expanded in response to commercial, guild and social interests and pressures. In this article, I argue that this has resulted in young people increasingly (and unnecessarily) self-identifying, and/or being labelled, as having a mental disorder. I point out the dangers this poses for their future as thus far mental health awareness, prevention and treatment programmes have failed to improve mental health and well-being at a population level. Instead of doubling down on failed paradigms and strategies, we - as professionals and academics in the field - need to rethink what we are doing, endorsing or tolerating.

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辩论：我们是否把年轻人的心理健康过度病态化了？如果你认为我们没有，那你就是在否认。

由于精神障碍的定义不可避免地具有主观性，因此可以根据商业、行业和社会的利益和压力不断扩大定义。在这篇文章中，我认为这导致年轻人越来越多地（不必要地）自我认同，和/或被贴上精神障碍的标签。我指出这对他们的未来构成的危险，因为迄今为止，对心理健康的认识、预防和治疗方案未能改善人口一级的心理健康和福祉。我们——作为该领域的专业人士和学者——需要重新思考我们在做什么、支持什么或容忍什么，而不是在失败的范例和策略上加倍努力。

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来源期刊

Child and Adolescent Mental Health PEDIATRICS-PSYCHIATRY

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

3.30%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) publishes high quality, peer-reviewed child and adolescent mental health services research of relevance to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. The journal''s principal aim is to foster evidence-based clinical practice and clinically orientated research among clinicians and health services researchers working with children and adolescents, parents and their families in relation to or with a particular interest in mental health. CAMH publishes reviews, original articles, and pilot reports of innovative approaches, interventions, clinical methods and service developments. The journal has regular sections on Measurement Issues, Innovations in Practice, Global Child Mental Health and Humanities. All published papers should be of direct relevance to mental health practitioners and clearly draw out clinical implications for the field.