Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(4), P. 331 - 332
Published: Oct. 24, 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Journal. is committed advancing equity, diversity inclusion, improving mental health children young people living in challenging circumstances. The CAMH Special Issue 'Equity, Diversity Inclusion Health', included a variety papers on this topic such as intergenerational consequences racism (Simela et al., 2024), effect socioeconomic inequalities (Pearce 2024) impact youth disadvantages vulnerability social inclusion (Renner, Rowland, Hutchinson, & Toumbourou, 2024). To further advance knowledge field, current includes evaluating other vulnerable populations, adolescents exposed substance misuse, or suffering from use disorders (Carrasco-Garrido who are transgender 'gender diverse' (Whittle, Moore, Stallard, In first study, Carrasco-Garrido al. (2024) found that nonmedical prescription opioids, novel psychoactive substances illicit drugs was risk factor for benzodiazepines Z-hypnotics male female adolescents; while cannabis predicted only. second study (Whittle being associated with higher rates self-harm, poorer peer relationships, less prosocial behaviour greater interference friendships leisure activities, adverse classroom. services need be accessible, culturally competent responsive diverse needs all (McGorry 2022). While significant progress has been made understanding challenges faced by some populations people, there remains pressing research open discussions about barriers accessing care. These can manifest practical challenges, including financial constraints, travel difficulties childcare responsibilities but also due systemic structural factors. Such especially those poverty, family circumstances, individuals impacted discrimination, neurodevelopmental conditions learning disabilities. Research should focus addressing these barriers, view developing solutions make more accessible people. Clinical work integrated within broad sensitive framework. It vital involve community members evaluation decision-making process find will actually result an improvement outcomes. Codesign widely recommended settings studies method develop empathic service users produce design meet their specific (Morris Young people's engagement crucial ensuring initiatives grounded lived experiences, which do lead relevant, actionable insights. Regular groups feedback sessions instrumental refining better unique they intended serve. A equitable inclusive approach care requires both clinical representative broader community, underserved backgrounds. One effective way engage through establishment advisory regularly review ongoing address any emerging challenges. groups, it essential not only hear voices ensure key stakeholders play role lives may require support. Specifically, working local leaders organizations representing marginalized initiative genuinely effective. Partnering involving implementation projects, help build trust foster supportive environment. This, turn, encourages actively services, feel confident participate initiatives—including projects. This promotion coordination, plays protective (Rice, Purcell, McGorry, 2018). discourage participation, lack appropriate strategies, imperative train professionals backgrounds experiences with. training emphasize importance different cultural perspectives health, recognizing how norms values influence symptom expression help-seeking behaviours, communicate effectively across linguistic barriers. doing so, provide respectful individual backgrounds, particularly vulnerable. conclusion, child adolescent sustained commitment equity. Creating support achieved collaborative efforts, engagement, changes break down G.S.P Joint Editor Health. author declared have no competing potential conflict interest relation Editorial.
Language: Английский
