{"title":"Debate: Are we over-pathologising young people's mental health? The role of participatory research in moving beyond pathology.","authors":"Morten Skovdal","doi":"10.1111/camh.70023","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Children and young people are subject to well-intentioned mental health research 'for' and 'about' them. The problem is that research is not value-free and carries certain subjective assumptions that shape how we view mental health and illness. Participatory research-which involves children and young people not just as the subjects of research, but as partners and collaborators in different stages of the research process-can be a mechanism through which we can counterbalance an unhelpful 'over-pathologising' research culture. Participatory research can help us retain strengths-based insights and focus on pathways to resilience and to flourishing, while developing interventions to address the psychosocial challenges that many children and young people experience.</p>","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70023","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Children and young people are subject to well-intentioned mental health research 'for' and 'about' them. The problem is that research is not value-free and carries certain subjective assumptions that shape how we view mental health and illness. Participatory research-which involves children and young people not just as the subjects of research, but as partners and collaborators in different stages of the research process-can be a mechanism through which we can counterbalance an unhelpful 'over-pathologising' research culture. Participatory research can help us retain strengths-based insights and focus on pathways to resilience and to flourishing, while developing interventions to address the psychosocial challenges that many children and young people experience.
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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.
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