Shaping the Future of Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Towards Technological Advances and Service Innovations coincides with the 25th International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) Congress in Dubai from December 5–9, 2022. There are three overarching themes of this book. Firstly, the impact of the Internet and digital technologies on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, including computerized therapies, and the fundamental role of technologies to advance knowledge in the field. Secondly, a theme on harnessing the expansion of knowledge on psychiatric disorders and their treatment for children and adolescents, exemplified by chapters on different kinds of adversity in child and adolescent mental health and a chapter on precision therapeutics. Given the location of the IACAPAP Congress, the third theme focuses on aspects of child and adolescent mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Chapters provide insights into a broad range of contemporary technology- and service innovation–related topics in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health. These include growing up in the digital age, cyberbullying, clinical applications of big data and machine learning, computerized cognitive behavioral therapy, technology- enhanced learning, lessons from COVID-19, new understanding of the consequences of psychological trauma, autoimmune encephalitis, and precision therapeutics in depression.
Acknowledging the global challenge of child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, readers will find an emphasis on contextual challenges in the field, including innovations for scaling up of mental health intervention in low- and middle-income countries, and research and training in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1 Looking beyond the adverse effects of digital technologies on adolescents: the case for resilience and mindfulness - p. 4 3. Chapter 2 Cyberbullying in young people - p. 34 4. Chapter 3 Clinical applications of big data to child and adolescent mental health care - p. 60 5. Chapter 4 Machine learning and child and adolescent mental health services: challenges and opportunities - p. 82 6. Chapter 5 The COVID-19 pandemic and child and adolescent mental health—what has been learned and lessons for the future - p. 112 7. Chapter 6 Trauma-related psychopathology in children and adolescents: recent developments and future directions - p. 146 8. Chapter 7 The inflamed brain: implications of autoimmune encephalitis for child- and adolescent neuropsychiatry—a multidisciplinary approach - p. 178 9. Chapter 8 Precision therapeutics—personalizing psychological therapy for depression in adolescents - p. 206 10. Chapter 9 Delivering computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for child and adolescent depression and anxiety - p. 234 11. Chapter 10 Innovations in scaling up interventions in low- and middle-income countries: parent-focused interventions in the perinatal period and promotion of child development - p. 256 12. Chapter 11 Technology-enhanced learning and training for child and adolescent mental health professionals - p. 284 13. Chapter 12 Child and adolescent mental health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region—now and in the future - p. 310 14. Chapter 13 Child and adolescent psychiatry training in the Arab Gulf region - p. 340 15. Index - p. 367
Shaping the Future of Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Towards Technological Advances and Service Innovations coincides with the 25th International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) Congress in Dubai from December 5–9, 2022. There are three overarching themes of this book. Firstly, the impact of the Internet and digital technologies on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, including computerized therapies, and the fundamental role of technologies to advance knowledge in the field. Secondly, a theme on harnessing the expansion of knowledge on psychiatric disorders and their treatment for children and adolescents, exemplified by chapters on different kinds of adversity in child and adolescent mental health and a chapter on precision therapeutics. Given the location of the IACAPAP Congress, the third theme focuses on aspects of child and adolescent mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Chapters provide insights into a broad range of contemporary technology- and service innovation–related topics in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health. These include growing up in the digital age, cyberbullying, clinical applications of big data and machine learning, computerized cognitive behavioral therapy, technology- enhanced learning, lessons from COVID-19, new understanding of the consequences of psychological trauma, autoimmune encephalitis, and precision therapeutics in depression.
Acknowledging the global challenge of child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, readers will find an emphasis on contextual challenges in the field, including innovations for scaling up of mental health intervention in low- and middle-income countries, and research and training in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
1. Introduction - p. xvii 2. Chapter 1 Looking beyond the adverse effects of digital technologies on adolescents: the case for resilience and mindfulness - p. 4 3. Chapter 2 Cyberbullying in young people - p. 34 4. Chapter 3 Clinical applications of big data to child and adolescent mental health care - p. 60 5. Chapter 4 Machine learning and child and adolescent mental health services: challenges and opportunities - p. 82 6. Chapter 5 The COVID-19 pandemic and child and adolescent mental health—what has been learned and lessons for the future - p. 112 7. Chapter 6 Trauma-related psychopathology in children and adolescents: recent developments and future directions - p. 146 8. Chapter 7 The inflamed brain: implications of autoimmune encephalitis for child- and adolescent neuropsychiatry—a multidisciplinary approach - p. 178 9. Chapter 8 Precision therapeutics—personalizing psychological therapy for depression in adolescents - p. 206 10. Chapter 9 Delivering computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for child and adolescent depression and anxiety - p. 234 11. Chapter 10 Innovations in scaling up interventions in low- and middle-income countries: parent-focused interventions in the perinatal period and promotion of child development - p. 256 12. Chapter 11 Technology-enhanced learning and training for child and adolescent mental health professionals - p. 284 13. Chapter 12 Child and adolescent mental health research in the Eastern Mediterranean Region—now and in the future - p. 310 14. Chapter 13 Child and adolescent psychiatry training in the Arab Gulf region - p. 340 15. Index - p. 367
