We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues:(a) why traditional
preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for …

Background Depression is common in young people, has a marked negative impact and is
associated with self‐harm and suicide. Preventing its onset would be an important advance …

Unipolar depressive disorder in adolescence is common worldwide but often unrecognised.
The incidence, notably in girls, rises sharply after puberty and, by the end of adolescence …

Objective To present the 12-month prevalence of DSM-IV major depressive disorder (MDD)
and severe MDD; to examine sociodemographic correlates and comorbidity; and to describe …

We invite you to join us for this book's journey through the exciting field of community
psychology! As a team of authors, we each came to community psychology because it …

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

Adolescents may especially need social and emotional help. They're learning how to handle
new demands in school and social life while dealing with new, intense emotions (both …

The treatment effects of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) with youth were
synthesized from 76 studies involving 6121 participants. A total of 885 effect sizes were …

Past meta-analyses in mental health interventions failed to use stringent inclusion criteria
and diverse moderators, therefore, there is a need to employ more rigorous methods to …

The high level of concurrent and sequential comorbidity between anxiety and depression in
children and adolescents may result from (a) substantial overlap in both the symptoms and …