Child and adolescent psychiatry training and mental health care in Southeast Europe

Prevalence, progress, and subgroup disparities in pharmacological antidepressant treatment of those who screen positive for depressive symptoms: A repetitive cross-sectional study in 19 European countries

“…56 We lacked data on younger age groups from other European countries, but access to child and adolescent mental health services is also sometimes suboptimal in other European countries. 57 More attention to depression in young people is needed, given the particularly high developmental price of impairment during this key life stage, with further evidence of worse outcomes in recent cohorts. 58 …”

Short-Term Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown in Italian Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: The Role of Separation Anxiety

“…Although children seemed to be less prone to be infected by COVID-19, the pandemic might have several psychological consequences on younger individuals due to the unpredictable closure of schools, the interruption of in-person relationships with peers, the breakdown of daily routines, fewer opportunities to discharge their physical energy, and a higher level of distress experienced in prolonged home confinement [ 1 , 2 ]. Preliminary reports on the lockdown’s psychological effects suggest that Italian children and adolescents showed a worsening of sleep quality as well as an increase in emotional symptoms and self-regulation fatigue [ 3 , 4 ]. More specifically, in environmental risk situations such as pandemics, which account for intense worrying for personal and loved ones’ safety, a crucial construct to examine might be separation anxiety [ 5 , 6 ].…”

An international perspective on training in child and adolescent psychiatry

“…It seems to apply to arts, sports, and most professional activities. The various papers in this issue [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] of ECAP offer a perspective on how our trainees in Europe as well as other parts of the world spend their 10,000 h. They offer an overview of differences and similarities in length and content of training, but also on how we guide our trainees through their personal and professional development and help them spend those 10.000 h in the most productive and fruitful way to prepare to attend to children's mental health needs in the future.…”