{"title":"Editorial: Child and adolescent mental health research in a digital age: missed opportunities and overlooked threats","authors":"Lina Gega, Tycho J. Dekkers","doi":"10.1111/camh.70087","DOIUrl":"10.1111/camh.70087","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Digital technologies are central to child and adolescent mental health research and intervention delivery. Online platforms expand access, reduce logistical barriers and create new opportunities for young people to engage directly with research and care. At the same time, digital methods introduce threats to research integrity and validity, particularly in randomised controlled trials and large observational studies relying on self-selected samples. In this editorial, we argue that digital child and adolescent mental health research has missed opportunities and overlooked threats across three interconnected domains: young people's agency to participate in research and provide self-reported data, representation of the populations targeted by digital interventions and inclusion of marginalised or underserved groups. We highlight how unusual patterns of participation – ranging from symptom misinterpretation to deliberate fraudulent enrolment – intersect with these domains and challenge a study's internal and external validity. Addressing these issues is essential for digitally enabled mental health research to translate into trustworthy and generalisable evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":"31 2","pages":"93-95"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/camh.70087","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: What are the hidden challenges in implementing Social Stories™ for autistic children?","authors":"Cai Ai Lai, Yanfang Huang, Guangliang Luo","doi":"10.1111/camh.70010","DOIUrl":"10.1111/camh.70010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":"31 2","pages":"165-166"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144530684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Who speaks for personal recovery? Methodological reflections on sample representativeness and overlooked heterogeneous voices in an adolescent recovery study","authors":"Fei-Yi Zhao, Qiang-Qiang Fu, Jia-Yi Zhu","doi":"10.1111/camh.70089","DOIUrl":"10.1111/camh.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This letter offers methodological reflections on a qualitative interview study comparing adolescent personal recovery experiences with the adult CHIME framework. Several aspects merit further clarification, including the justification of data saturation, potential sampling bias toward service-engaged youth, limited representation of divergent recovery narratives, and the reliance on single-occasion interviews. We suggest that future studies consider more systematic sampling strategies, incorporate perspectives challenging dominant recovery narratives, and integrate complementary methods such as digital ethnography to strengthen interpretive depth and methodological rigor.</p>","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":"31 2","pages":"167-168"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Debate: Standing up for science – how to combat misinformation in child mental health? The imperative to understand and counter mental health misinformation on social media","authors":"Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, Isabella Starvaggi","doi":"10.1111/camh.70081","DOIUrl":"10.1111/camh.70081","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children and adolescents spend a large amount of time on social media, where they often seek health information. Growing research suggests misinformation is common across various domains of health, such as infectious disease and men's sexual health. Burgeoning evidence suggests that misinformation about mental health may be common as well, especially with regard to trauma and neurodevelopmental diagnoses. There is a need to understand the real-world context that facilitates the spread of misinformation as well as what features of the online environment promote misinformation. Researchers and clinicians working with children and adolescents must consider the role of misinformation in their work. All mental health professionals need to disseminate accurate, helpful, and engaging information about mental health and mental health treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":"31 2","pages":"146-148"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13116042/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147437069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judith Dineley, Noah Stanton, Aadam Aziz, Matteo Catanzano, Hissah Al Abdulsalam, Huajie Jin, Nicholas Cummins, Salim Jakhra, Solomon Wong, Johnny Downs
{"title":"Technology Matters: Ambient voice technology in mental health and neurodevelopmental settings - considerations for responsible implementation and evidence gaps.","authors":"Judith Dineley, Noah Stanton, Aadam Aziz, Matteo Catanzano, Hissah Al Abdulsalam, Huajie Jin, Nicholas Cummins, Salim Jakhra, Solomon Wong, Johnny Downs","doi":"10.1111/camh.70092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Documentation comprises a large proportion of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) clinicians/practitioners' work burden and is often completed outside contracted working hours, either requiring overtime pay and/or contributing to burnout. Ambient voice technology (AVT) combines AI-driven automated transcription and reporting and is a promising tool to mitigate these challenges. Multiple commercial products have been deployed in clinical settings internationally, including mental health services. Guidance on safe and effective use is yet to be established, and specific regulation of AI-based health technology is still in its infancy or does not exist in many countries. Further, to date, evidence on safety, acceptability, system-level efficiency gains, performance and economic value is sparse. As a cross-disciplinary group with direct implementation experience, we provide a broad overview of the clinical, technical, ethical, regulatory and economic aspects of introducing AVT to CAMHS and neurodevelopmental clinical settings to guide decision-makers and highlight evidence gaps.</p>","PeriodicalId":49291,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147516030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}