Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by executive dysfunction occasioning symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and otherwise age-inappropriate.
The American Journal of Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of psychiatry, and is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Association. The first volume was issued in 1844, at which time it was known as the American Journal of Insanity. The title changed to the current form with the July issue of 1921.
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a behavioral screening questionnaire for children and adolescents ages 2 through 17 years old, developed by child psychiatrist Robert N. Goodman in the United Kingdom. Versions of it are available for use for no fee. The combination of its brevity and noncommercial distribution have made it popular among clinicians and researchers. There are more than 3000 peer-reviewed articles using it that are indexed in PubMed alone. Overall, the SDQ has proved to have satisfactory construct and concurrent validity across a wide range of settings and samples. It is considered a good general screening measure for attention problems, although the sensitivity and specificity are not both over .80 at any single cut score, so it should not be used by itself as the basis for a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Child and adolescent psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families. It investigates the biopsychosocial factors that influence the development and course of psychiatric disorders and treatment responses to various interventions. Child and adolescent psychiatrists primarily use psychotherapy and/or medication to treat mental disorders in the pediatric population.
Major depressive disorder, often simply referred to as depression, is a mental disorder characterized by prolonged unhappiness or irritability. It is accompanied by a constellation of somatic and cognitive signs and symptoms such as fatigue, apathy, sleep problems, loss of appetite, loss of engagement, low self-regard/worthlessness, difficulty concentrating or indecisiveness, or recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
The epidemiology of child psychiatric disorders is the study of the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of conditions in child and adolescent psychiatry. Subfields of pediatric psychiatric epidemiology include developmental epidemiology, which focuses on the genetic and environmental causes of child psychiatric disorders. The field of pediatric psychiatric epidemiology finds widely varying rates of childhood psychiatric disorders, depending on study population, diagnostic method, and cultural setting.
European Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association of which it is an official journal. It covers all aspects of psychiatry. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 7.156.
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry providing an interdisciplinary perspective to the multidisciplinary field of child and adolescent mental health, though publication of high-quality empirical research, clinically-relevant studies and highly cited research reviews and practitioner review articles.
The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering pediatric psychiatry. It is published by Elsevier and is the official journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The editor-in-chief is Douglas Novins.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of child psychology and psychiatry. The editors-in-chief are Anna Brazier and Michael Tarren-Sweeney. It was established in 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Wiley-Blackwell in Britain on behalf of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. The journal publishes peer-refereed child and adolescent mental health services research relevant to academics, clinicians and commissioners internationally. 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.
The International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) is a non-governmental international association that advocates for the "promotion of the mental health and development of children and adolescents through policy, practice and research". Its membership is mainly Latin and North American, European, and Pacific Rim-based.
European Neuropsychopharmacology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It is the official journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. It was established in November 1990 and covers clinical and basic research relevant to the effects of centrally acting agents in its broadest sense.
The Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal covering child and adolescent mental health. It was established in 1971 as the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, obtaining its current name in 2001. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the American Psychological Association's Division 53, the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Andres De Los Reyes. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 5.014, ranking it sixth out of 127 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical". In 2017, the journal launched the "Future Directions Forum", an annual meeting held in Washington, DC, that profiles content published in the journal's "Future Directions" article series and provides professional development training to early career scientists.
Stan Kutcher is a Canadian Senator and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 12 December 2018.
Child Psychiatry & Human Development is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering developmental psychology and child psychiatry, with an emphasis on issues related to clinical disorders in children, adolescents, and families. It was established in 1970, and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Eric A. Storch. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.9.
The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychopharmacology in children and adolescents. It was established in 1990 and is published ten times per year by Mary Ann Liebert. The editor-in-chief is Harold S. Koplewicz. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.901.
Jörg Michael Fegert is a German child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychotherapist and university professor.
Bruno Falissard is a French mathematician, psychiatrist, and academic. He is a professor of Biostatistics at Paris-Saclay Medical University, the Director of the CESP, and the former President of the IACAPAP.
