About this Research Topic
Presently, adolescents are suffering and urgently asking for help. This is evidenced by the increase in requests received by the mental health centers, which are currently difficult to comply with.
In recent times, the clinicians and those operators who work closely with the very young reported that more physical and psychological symptoms have emerged. Moreover, we cannot forget that adolescents are facing a phase of life that is not usually easy to overcome. All over the world, suffering manifests itself both through psychiatric symptomatology and much more through the body (e.g., self-harm, eating disorders, gender dysphoria, headaches, substance abuse, etc.).
This Research Topic aims to explore how youth and adolescents express their suffering nowadays, how their living conditions affect their mental health, how their suffering affects their bodies and minds, and how suffering expressed through the body can help mental health professionals understand and treat adolescent suffering. Investigating the connection between body and mind health in different settings and with different tools can help clinicians to be more effective in prevention, early detection, assessment, and intervention to foster better outcomes for youth and families, but also to share results and network with professionals who work with adolescents (e.g., teachers, coaches, educators) and who can notice early signs of distress.
This Research Topic will be based on papers including but not limited to:
• Psychiatric disorders
• Suicidality
• Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI)
• Gender identity
• Headaches
• Eating disorders
• Substance and alcohol abuse
• Internalizing and externalizing symptoms
• Withdrawal
• Prevention
• Treatment
• Assessment
This collection welcomes the following papers: Original Research, Reviews, Systematic Reviews, Meta-analysis, Clinical Trials, Case Reports, Community Case Studies, and Study protocols.
In recent times, the clinicians and those operators who work closely with the very young reported that more physical and psychological symptoms have emerged. Moreover, we cannot forget that adolescents are facing a phase of life that is not usually easy to overcome. All over the world, suffering manifests itself both through psychiatric symptomatology and much more through the body (e.g., self-harm, eating disorders, gender dysphoria, headaches, substance abuse, etc.).
This Research Topic aims to explore how youth and adolescents express their suffering nowadays, how their living conditions affect their mental health, how their suffering affects their bodies and minds, and how suffering expressed through the body can help mental health professionals understand and treat adolescent suffering. Investigating the connection between body and mind health in different settings and with different tools can help clinicians to be more effective in prevention, early detection, assessment, and intervention to foster better outcomes for youth and families, but also to share results and network with professionals who work with adolescents (e.g., teachers, coaches, educators) and who can notice early signs of distress.
This Research Topic will be based on papers including but not limited to:
• Psychiatric disorders
• Suicidality
• Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI)
• Gender identity
• Headaches
• Eating disorders
• Substance and alcohol abuse
• Internalizing and externalizing symptoms
• Withdrawal
• Prevention
• Treatment
• Assessment
This collection welcomes the following papers: Original Research, Reviews, Systematic Reviews, Meta-analysis, Clinical Trials, Case Reports, Community Case Studies, and Study protocols.
Keywords: Adolescence, psychopathology, mental health, prevention, assessment, treatment, suicidality, NSSI, gender identity, eating disorders, substance abuse
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