Tina Kretschmer, Rozemarijn van der Ploeg, Tessa Kaufman
{"title":"Peer victimization in early adolescence and maladjustment in adulthood.","authors":"Tina Kretschmer, Rozemarijn van der Ploeg, Tessa Kaufman","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02532-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02532-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies report different effect sizes for associations between peer victimization and later maladjustment. A possible origin of this heterogeneity is the length of the interval between victimization and maladjustment assessments. Effect sizes might also vary as a function of reporter. Longitudinal data from TRAILS, a study of adolescents followed from age 11 to 29 (baseline n = 2229) were used to test whether peer victimization assessed from adolescents themselves, their parents, teachers, and peers predicted internalizing symptoms, thought problems, and somatic complaints at six follow-ups with a temporal distance of up to 19 years. Neither self- nor peer-reported victimization predicted later maladjustment. In contrast, parent-reported victimization stably predicted adult maladjustment. Teacher-reported victimization also predicted maladjustment but associations were weaker and largely non-significant when parent reports were accounted for simultaneously. Parent-reported peer victimization has traditionally played a minor role in bullying research as parents are usually not present when victimization occurs. The results of this study however suggest that parents should be listened to when talking about their offspring being victimized.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1011-1024"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11909069/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rebecca Parkin, Kathleen Bennett, Fiona Mc Nicholas, John C Hayden
{"title":"Recent trends in psychotropic medication use in children and adolescents in Ireland.","authors":"Rebecca Parkin, Kathleen Bennett, Fiona Mc Nicholas, John C Hayden","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02530-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02530-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In response to concerns regarding overprescribing of psychotropic medication in children/adolescents, this study examined trends in psychotropic medication use in Ireland by age group and gender. A retrospective, repeated, cross-sectional study of the Irish pharmacy claims database was conducted. Yearly prevalence of children/adolescents receiving dispensed psychotropic medications was analysed from January 2017 to December 2021 and compared across years, age groups (5-15 years, and stratified as 5-11 and 12-15 years) and gender. Yearly prevalence was defined as the mean number of patients in receipt of medication per month per 1000 eligible population during a given calendar year. Negative binomial regression was used to examine the association of year, age group and gender on prevalence. Prevalence ratios (PRs) per year (average change in prevalence between each year) were presented with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The prevalence of included psychotropic medications dispensed in the 5-15 years group increased from 6.41 (95% CI: 6.22, 6.59) in 2017 to 8.46 (95% CI: 8.26, 8.68) in 2021 per 1000 eligible population (32% increase). The PR per year (adjusting for age category and gender) was 1.07 (95% CI: 1.035, 1.107; p < 0.001). An increasing trend over time was also observed for all individual drug classes. These findings suggest increased use of psychotropic medication in children/adolescents from 2017 to 2021. However, despite increased prevalence over time, comparison with the literature shows that psychotropic medication use in Ireland remains lower than international comparators.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"997-1009"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11909023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141901350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maite Ferrin, Alexander Häge, James Swanson, Kirstie H T W Wong, Ralf W Dittmann, Tobias Banaschewski, David Coghill, Paramala J Santosh, Marcel Romanos, Emily Simonoff, Jan K Buitelaar
{"title":"Medication adherence and persistence in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a systematic review and qualitative update.","authors":"Maite Ferrin, Alexander Häge, James Swanson, Kirstie H T W Wong, Ralf W Dittmann, Tobias Banaschewski, David Coghill, Paramala J Santosh, Marcel Romanos, Emily Simonoff, Jan K Buitelaar","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02538-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02538-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low medication-adherence and persistence may reduce the effectiveness of ADHD-medication. This preregistered systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42020218654) on medication-adherence and persistence in children and adolescents with ADHD focuses on clinically relevant questions and extends previous reviews by including additional studies. We included a total of n = 66 studies. There was a lack of consistency in the measurement of adherence/persistence between studies. Pooling the medication possession ratios (MPR) and using the most common adherence definition (MPR ≥ 80%) indicated that only 22.9% of participants had good adherence at 12-month follow-up. Treatment persistence on medication measured by treatment duration during a 12-month follow-up averaged 170 days (5.6 months). Our findings indicate that medication-adherence and persistence among youth with ADHD are generally poor and have not changed in recent years. Clinicians need to be aware that various factors may contribute to poor adherence/persistence and that long-acting stimulants and psychoeducational programs may help to improve adherence/persistence. However, the evidence to whether better adherence/persistence contributes to better long-term outcomes is limited and requires further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"867-882"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynastic social processes and the transgenerational transmission of risk and resilience to mental illness: implications for prevention.","authors":"Andrea Raballo, Michele Poletti, Antonio Preti","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02551-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02551-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1239-1241"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D R Ollerup, L Rasmussen, S L Elkrog, M H Stoltz-Andersen, H Stubmark, R Wesselhoeft
{"title":"Psychotropic drug use among children and adolescents in the Nordic countries: a systematic review.","authors":"D R Ollerup, L Rasmussen, S L Elkrog, M H Stoltz-Andersen, H Stubmark, R Wesselhoeft","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02545-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02545-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Nordic countries have rather homogenous populations and similar health care systems, and one could therefore expect comparable levels of psychopathology and psychotropic drug use. However, recent studies show pronounced variations in psychotropic drug use among children and adolescents from different Nordic countries. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review of the literature examining the use of psychotropic drugs among children and adolescents in the Nordic countries. This review followed PRISMA guidelines. We searched PsycINFO, EMBASE and MEDLINE for population-based studies published 2010 or later that investigated prevalent or incident use of antidepressants, psychostimulants, antipsychotics, hypnotics, anxiolytics, and mood stabilizers among 0-19-year-olds in the Nordic countries. Two reviewers assessed all studies. Twenty-two out of 2142 eligible studies were included in the final review covering data collected from 1995 to 2018. The use of psychotropic drugs, except for anxiolytics, increased in most of the Nordic countries, but at different rates. Prevalent use of antidepressants was two to four times higher among Swedish children and adolescents compared to Danish and Norwegian peers. Prevalent use of psychostimulants, on the other hand, was two to sixfold higher in Iceland compared to the other Nordic countries. Finally, the prevalence of antipsychotic use was threefold higher in Finland compared to Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. This systematic review provides a thorough overview of psychotropic treatment of youths in the Nordic countries. We demonstrate a pronounced national variation in use of psychotropics that should be addressed further to facilitate rational pharmacotherapy in youths with psychiatric disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"903-919"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141901349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose Enrique Bernabe-Zuñiga, Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Lucenilla, Antonio Javier Alias-Castillo, Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Maria Del Mar Sanchez-Joya
{"title":"Early interventions with parental participation and their implications on the neurodevelopment of premature children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Jose Enrique Bernabe-Zuñiga, Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Lucenilla, Antonio Javier Alias-Castillo, Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Maria Del Mar Sanchez-Joya","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02528-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02528-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The occurrence of preterm birth is correlated with the potential emergence of disabilities in children. Early intervention programs are designed to promote better developmental outcomes. These interventions employ family-centered methodologies, wherein parents are instructed to facilitate neurodevelopment, thereby promoting heightened involvement of the child in their daily activities. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the efficacy of early family-based interventions on motor, cognitive, and language development. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted utilizing the databases PubMed, Medline, PEDro, Scopus, CINAHL Complete, SciELO, and Open Grey. The search terms utilized included NDT (neuro-developmental treatment), Bobath, neurodevelopmental therapy, parents administered, family administered, physical therapy modalities, early intervention (educational), early intervention, premature infant, preterm, and premature. Randomized clinical trials and observational studies written in English or Spanish were taken into consideration. The initial search resulted in 420 articles. After removing duplicates and applying the selection criteria, 12 articles were selected for the systematic review and 5 articles were selected for the meta-analysis. The meta-analysis revealed a significant association between early intervention and enhanced cognitive function (p = 0.01) in this study. Additionally, the meta-analysis indicated improvements resulting from early family-based intervention (p = 0.02) in motor function. Early motor interventions that emphasize parent involvement and education in neurodevelopment show significant outcomes in motor and cognitive areas at 2 years of age in very premature or extremely premature infants. However, inconclusive effects have been found in the language area, which is the least studied domain. Due to the methodological heterogeneity observed, further research is needed to establish conclusive decisions regarding the administration of these interventions and the determination of key evaluation periods.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"853-865"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vicente Soriano, José Manuel Ramos, María Inés López-Ibor, Carlos Chiclana-Actis, Manuel Faraco, Joaquín González-Cabrera, Eduardo González-Fraile, Gemma Mestre-Bach, Héctor Pinargote, Manuel Corpas, Lucía Gallego, Octavio Corral, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla
{"title":"Hospital admissions in adolescents with mental disorders in Spain over the last two decades: a mental health crisis?","authors":"Vicente Soriano, José Manuel Ramos, María Inés López-Ibor, Carlos Chiclana-Actis, Manuel Faraco, Joaquín González-Cabrera, Eduardo González-Fraile, Gemma Mestre-Bach, Héctor Pinargote, Manuel Corpas, Lucía Gallego, Octavio Corral, Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02543-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02543-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental disorders account for a large and increasing health burden worldwide. Characterizing the spectrum of mental disorders and trends over time in adolescents should influence education policies and support preventative strategies at schools. Retrospective study of all hospitalizations in Spain in adolescents 11-18-years old, including mental disorders as diagnosis using the Spanish National Registry of Hospital Discharges. Information was retrieved from 2000 to 2021. During the 22-year study period there were 2,015,589 hospitalizations in adolescents in Spain, of which 118,609 (5.9%) had mental disorders. The rate of psychiatric diagnoses significantly increased from 3.9% in 2000 to 9.5% in 2021. Females accounted for 55.1% of admissions. Mean age at admission declined from 17 to 15 years-old from 2000 to 2021. Mean hospital stay was 10.6 days. Mean in-hospital mortality was 0.24%. By rate order, diagnoses were: substance use disorders (SUD) (40%) > eating disorders (15%) > anxiety/posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (13%) > attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (9%) > major depression (8%) > schizophrenia/psychosis (6%) > autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (6%) > sleep disorder (3%) > suicidal behavior (2%) > sexual disorders (1%). A significant gender dichotomy was noticed, with female predominance for internalizing disorders (i.e., anxiety, depression, suicidal behavior and eating disorders) whereas externalizing disorders (i.e., SUD, ADHD, ASD, schizophrenia and other psychoses) predominated in males. Suicidal behavior and male sex were independent predictors of in-hospital death in multivariate analysis. After the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalizations due to mental disorders in adolescents increased by 51% in 2021. There is a growing crisis of mental health among adolescents in Spain. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled the high rate and severity of psychiatric disorders among youth, a steadily increase has occurred since the beginning of the millennium. Primary preventative strategies should be adapted to distinct and more prevalent mental disorders in adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1125-1134"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141888826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen Vertessen, Jaap Oosterlaan, Pierre Bet, Marco Bottelier, Reino Stoffelsen, James M Swanson, Annemiek Wisse, Jos Twisk, Marjolein Luman
{"title":"Placebo-related improvement with methylphenidate treatment in children with ADHD.","authors":"Karen Vertessen, Jaap Oosterlaan, Pierre Bet, Marco Bottelier, Reino Stoffelsen, James M Swanson, Annemiek Wisse, Jos Twisk, Marjolein Luman","doi":"10.1007/s00787-024-02550-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00787-024-02550-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Non-specific effects of methylphenidate treatment, including expectancy and regression to the mean effects, contribute to the overall effect of methylphenidate on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Knowledge on the extent to which non-specific effects contribute to the overall effect and whether regression to the mean explains part of the non-specific effects, is currently lacking. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial was used to compare parent and teacher ratings of child ADHD symptoms at baseline and during treatment with placebo and 5, 10, 15 and 20 mg of methylphenidate, twice daily. Participants were 5-13-year-old children with a DSM-5 diagnosis of ADHD (N = 45). The extent to which non-specific effects contributed to the effects of methylphenidate was determined by ADHD symptom reductions observed with placebo versus reductions observed with active doses of methylphenidate. The influence of regression to the mean was examined by estimating the contribution of baseline ADHD symptom severity to the effects observed with placebo treatment. Data were analyzed using multilevel analyses. We observed significant non-specific effects of methylphenidate for parent-rated ADHD symptoms, but not for teacher-rated symptoms. For parent reported hyperactive/impulsive symptoms, higher baseline symptoms predicted larger effects with placebo, indicating regression to the mean effects. For parent-reports, a significant part of the overall effect of methylphenidate treatment is explained by non-specific effects. Our findings stress the importance of taking non-specific effects into account when evaluating methylphenidate treatment, by including teacher-reports and using a double baseline assessment during titration. Comparing active medication with a placebo in the titration trial has the potential to identify non-specific effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":11856,"journal":{"name":"European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"1161-1170"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11909048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}