Functional analysis of school refusal: An exploratory study in the Indian context.

Background: School refusal behaviour is an umbrella term that often subsumes constructs such as truancy, school refusal, and school phobia. It is influenced by various psychological and psychosocial factors and can lead to significant distress to the child and the family.

Aim: To assess the clinical and functional profile of school refusal behavior in children and adolescents presenting to a tertiary care child and adolescent psychiatry center in the Indian context.

Effectiveness of nurse-led progressive muscle relaxation on stress, anxiety, and depression in parents of adolescents with mental illness: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Prevention of depression, stress, and anxiety is a serious concern of the World Health Organization and has been a research topic over the last decades. There is a close association found between children's mental health problems and parental stress, valid for biological and foster families. Evidence suggests that parents with children with disabilities are more stressed, depressed, or anxious than parents who do not have such children.

Navigating recovery in childhood OCD: a qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators.

Objective: The objective is to examine barriers and facilitators to recovery in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using a qualitative approach.

Methods: Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings were validated through investigator triangulation, peer validation and member check.

Exploring psychosocial factors in the functional recovery of children with severe mental disorders: A qualitative content analysis.

Background: Severe mental disorders during childhood and adolescence can be chronic and disturbing, and may result in serious impairments in functioning. Research on the influence of such factors in the functional recovery of children diagnosed with severe mental illnesses is scant. This study aims to enhance understanding of the patterns and descriptions of social factors in the optimal functioning of children with severe mental illnesses.

Feasibility and acceptability of a caregiver-mediated early support program, delivered online, for infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism: A feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Preliminary evidence indicates potential benefit of providing caregiver-mediated intervention, prior to diagnosis, for infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism and related developmental delays including language delay (EL-A). However, delivering such interventions online and in low-resource settings like India has not been reported. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a novel manualized caregiver-mediated early support program, the "LiL' STEPS," online in India, for EL-A infants.

Course and Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents from a Tertiary-level Mental Health Setting in India: A Retrospective Chart Review.

Background: Anorexia nervosa is one of the least studied mental health conditions in the Indian setting. The objective of this study was to assess the course and outcome of anorexia nervosa in adolescents who had presented to a tertiary care child and adolescent psychiatry center over a period of 10 years.

Methods: The present study is a retrospective chart review of adolescents (up to the age of 18 years) with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, coded as F50.

Nurture clinic: Promoting mental health of children and adolescents.

Background: Nurses play an important role in multidisciplinary teams while treating children and adolescents with mental health issues. Nurses should recognize and capitalize on the client's and family's strengths as they develop interventions, provide education, and refer to resources as appropriate.

Materials And Methods: It is a mixed-method research, with an initial qualitative phase of obtaining data by in-depth interviews of parents on caring for children and adolescents with mental illness followed by quantitative assessment of the level of care dependency and implementation of need-based nursing interventions to the children and adolescents with mental illness.

Lived experiences of adolescents with major depressive disorder during the COVID pandemic: A qualitative study from a tertiary care center.

Objectives: Depression is a leading cause of global disease burden and morbidity among adolescents. Studies have reported higher rates of depression and anxiety secondary to the COVID pandemic and the psychosocial impact of social distancing measures. There is a paucity of literature on the subjective experiences of depressed adolescents in such pandemic circumstances.

Children's vulnerabilities and pathways to conflict with the law: Insights from Swatantra Clinic, a specialised mental health service at a tertiary care centre in India.

'Swatantra-Clinic' at NIMHANS, India, provides mental healthcare to vulnerable children. This study describes the clinical profile, vulnerability and protective factors of 77 adolescents in conflict with the law (CICL). 90.

Musical preferences of Indian children with autism spectrum disorder and acceptability of music therapy by their families: An exploratory study.

Background: Music therapy has been in use for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) since the 1940s. However, there is limited scientific evidence on its use in the Indian context.

Aim: The present study aims to explore musical preferences of children with ASD and their caregivers' acceptability of music as a form of intervention.

Gaming among female adolescents: profiling and psychopathological characteristics in the Indian context.

Objectives: Gaming is a predominant leisure time activity among adolescents, and the literature suggests that unrestrained gaming behavior might lead to gaming disorder. ICD-11 and DSM-5 have recognized gaming disorder as a psychiatric condition and grouped it under the behavioral addiction category. Research on gaming behavior and addiction is largely based on data from the male population, and problematic gaming has largely been understood from the male perspective.

Altered cerebellar lobular volumes correlate with clinical deficits in siblings and children with ASD: evidence from toddlers.

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social and communication skills, narrow interests, and repetitive behavior. It is known that the cerebellum plays a vital role in controlling movement and gait posture. However, recently, researchers have reported that the cerebellum may also be responsible for other functions, such as social cognition, reward, anxiety, language, and executive functions.

Family support and well-being programme (FSWP): A specialized family strengthening psychosocial services for parents of children in conflict with law.

Background: A multidimensional family support and well-being programme (FSWP) was initiated to support the families of children in conflict with law (CICL) and strengthen their participation in the integration process. This programme aims to successfully reintegrate children into the family and build parental capacity to manage them. This study presents the overview of the multidimensional FSWP initiated in an observation home, facility for CICLs, Bengaluru, a metropolitan city of India.

Lived experiences of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Background: Childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is distinct from OCD in adults. It can be severely disabling and there is little qualitative research on OCD in children. The present study aims to explore the subjective experiences of diagnosis, treatment processes and meaning of recovery in children and adolescents suffering from OCD and provide a conceptual model of the illness.

Intervention-based mental health training for community level workers in India -A systematic review.

Community-level workers (CLWs) are frontline workers who function as mediators between the government and the community. They effectively and efficiently distribute government policies and welfare schemes directly to the public, especially health aspects. They play a vital role in primary care access and quality.

Clinical profile of children and adolescents diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in Indian context.

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the trends observed in the prevalence pattern, clinical presentation, psychosocial profile and treatment profile of anorexia nervosa in children and adolescents who presented to a tertiary care child and adolescent psychiatry centre over a period of ten years.

Methods: Case records of children and adolescents diagnosed with anorexia nervosa at the department of child and adolescent psychiatry from 1st April 2009-31 st March 2019 were obtained from the medical records department of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). Standardized data abstraction forms were developed and used for the purpose of this study.

Development of a scale to assess the determinants of positive coping in parents of children with intellectual disability.

Identifying the determinants of positive coping is a critical step in empowering the parents of children with intellectual disability. In this context, this study aims to develop a scale to assess the determinants of positive coping. Accordingly, culturally relevant items were pooled, got validated by experts and refined.

Personal meaning of recovery among persons with schizophrenia.

Background: Recovery in mental illness is not synonymous with cure. Personal recovery approach consider recovery as a process and not as an outcome. This approach takes into account the subjective meaning of recovery by assessing how a person has learned to accommodate and live with an illness.

Abusive head trauma in India: imaging raises the curtain.

The purpose of the study was to identify children at our institute who possibly suffered abusive head trauma (AHT). A retrospective study of CT imaging of children between one month to three years of age between January 2013 and May 2021 was carried out at a dedicated neurocentre in Southern India. We identified 48 cases of possible AHT.

Proactive detection of people in need of mental healthcare: accuracy of the community case detection tool among children, adolescents and families in Sri Lanka.

Background: Most children and adolescents in need of mental healthcare remain untreated even when services are available. This study evaluates the accuracy of a new tool, the Community Case Detection Tool (CCDT). The CCDT uses illustrated vignettes, two questions and a simple decision algorithm to support proactive community-level detection of children, adolescents and families in need of mental healthcare to improve help-seeking.

Adverse effects and short-term developmental outcomes of infants exposed to atypical antipsychotics during breastfeeding.

Background: Postpartum period in women is vulnerable to the occurrence and exacerbation of psychiatric disorders. Mothers with postpartum psychosis or bipolar disorder need treatment with psychotropic medications, especially atypical antipsychotics. However, many mothers and families will have reservations about the use of psychotropics during the perinatal period, particularly during breastfeeding because of its presumed side effects and adverse developmental outcomes of the child.