The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Journal are delighted to announce the CAMH 2024 Special Issue on ‘Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Child and Adolescent Mental Health’, edited by Cornelius Ani, Bolanle Ola, Matthew Hodes, and Valsamma Eapen.
With socio-ecological factors as major determinants of poor mental health across the life span, these factors can lead to health inequalities. In their brilliant Special Issue Editorial, Cornelius Ani et al. highlight the ‘importance of strong links between social disadvantage and mental illness [as] the spur for this special issue focussing on the theme of equity, inclusion and diversity in child and adolescent mental health. The issue has contributions from authors from a variety of countries from most regions of the world. The issue covers a range of themes including social inclusion and educational attainment, help-seeking behaviour, neurodevelopmental conditions, suicide, psychosis and ethno-racial discrimination. The papers include expert perspectives from the UK, the United States, South Africa, Australia and South Asia. The debate section discusses involuntary treatment and the authors highlight issues of inequity’.
With this in mind, this CAMH Special Issue aims to:
- Explore the strong links between social disadvantage and mental illness
- Examine the role of education and social inclusion in positive mental health outcomes
- Engage with diverse and varied perspectives on CAMH issues.
We hope that you can access our Open Access papers and do please share with colleagues to better understand the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion for child and adolescent mental health.
Open Access Papers
Editorial
- Editorial: ‘Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – equality of opportunities should be every child’s right and every society’s obligation’, (April 2024), Cornelius Ani, Bolanle Ola, Matthew Hodes, and Valsamma Eapen
Original Articles
- Original Article ‘Childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: socioeconomic inequalities in symptoms, impact, diagnosis and medication’, (March 2024), Anna Pearce, Paul Henery, S. Vittal Katikireddi, Ruth Dundas, Alastair H. Leyland, Dasha Nicholls, Russell M. Viner, Lynda Fenton, and Steven Hope
- Original Article ‘Breaking the Silence: An Epidemiological Report on Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Mental Health and Suicide (1999–2021)’, (March 2024), Miles P. Reyes, Ivy Song, and Apurva Bhatt
- Original Article ‘‘We wait and we wait’—caregiver perspectives on autism spectrum disorder services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa’, (March 2024), Sarosha Pillay, Madeleine Duncan, and Petrus J. de Vries
- Original Article ‘The role of adolescent social inclusion in educational attainment among vulnerable youth’, (March 2024), Heidi M. Renner, Bosco Rowland, Delyse Hutchinson, and John W. Toumbourou
- Original Article ‘Intergenerational consequences of racism in the United Kingdom: a qualitative investigation into parents’ exposure to racism and offspring mental health and well-being’, (March 2024), Carl Simela, Tolúwalàse Akanbi-Akinlolu, Malaika Okundi, Hannah Abdalla, Tom A. McAdams, Androulla Harris, Alex Augustine, Huong Le, Kadra Abdinasir, Ziada Ayorech, and Yasmin I. Ahmadzadeh
Debates
- Debate ‘Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care for children and young people’, (March 2024), Susan Walker
- Debate ‘Involuntary treatment and detention are a necessary part of mental health care – a perspective from low and middle-income countries’, (March 2024), Cornelius Ani, and Jibril Abdulmalik
- Debate ‘The experience of involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation for children and young people’, (March 2024), Lizzie Mitchell and Susan Walker
Narrative Matters
- Narrative Matters ‘Gustav Mahler – music as a source of meaning and healing in the face of adversity and inequality’, (March 2024), David Bentley and Glòria Durà-Vilà
Clinical Research Update
- Clinical research updates, (April 2024), Marinos Kyriakopoulos, Despoina Miliou, Nikitas Floros and Panagiota Papadaki
Free Access Papers (Free Access for a Limited Time Only – ends 15 July 2024)
Editorals
- Editorial ‘Equity, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)’, (April 2024), Warren Yiu Kee Ng
- Editorial perspective ‘Transforming child and adolescent mental health services and systems (CAMHSS) around the globe – the importance of diversity, inclusion and equity in CAMHSS research’, (April 2024), Petrus J. de Vries
- Editorial ‘Equity/inequality, diversity and inclusion in child and adolescent mental health – a perspective from the South Asian region’, (April 2024), Atif Rahman
ACAMH members can read the full Special Issue via the Wiley online library