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How global is our research on child and adolescent mental health? A worldwide concentration and imbalance – and an opportunity for JCPP to take the lead in disseminating globally diverse research

2026/04/27 by Sylia Wilson, Krupa Patel · 1 voice
Psychology · #Child Abuse and Trauma #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Mental Health Treatment and Access

paper · doi:10.1111/jcpp.70163

openalex publication_date 2026/04/27 · openalex created_date 2026/04/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

Mental health conditions, including among children and adolescents, are prevalent in the general population worldwide. Yet, much of our child and adolescent mental health research is not globally representative, with the vast majority of research conducted in samples in, and by researchers from, the United Kingdom and Western Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In this editorial, we highlight the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry as well-positioned to support and promote research on child and adolescent mental health conducted in globally diverse samples, by researchers from higher-, middle-, and lower-income countries that is representative of and generalizable to children and adolescents throughout the world.

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