Mental Health Interventions for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Caregivers
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2026) | Viewed by 2069
Special Issue Editors
Interests: psychological assessment; psychological intervention; neurodevelopmental disorders; autism; applied behavior analysis; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; intellectual disability and mental health
Interests: psychological assessment; psychological intervention; psychopathology; health and clinical psychology; social psychology; public health; autism and stigma
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Dear Colleagues,
Many advances have been made in recent years regarding early screening and diagnosis of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and intellectual disability (ID). There is also a growing body of evidence on the efficacy and effectiveness of mental health interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders and caregivers. These clinical conditions represent a significant global health burden. Effective interventions are crucial for mitigating developmental problems, adaptive deficits, social inclusion problems, and parental mental health problems. Scientific studies that show effectiveness in mental health interventions in childhood become solid evidence for health policymakers. Developed countries, for example, already have a body of evidence on interventions with more consolidated effectiveness indicators than developing countries. Interventions must be adapted to specific socioeconomic contexts. Overall, this Special Issue will be able to add new evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to the existing literature and to increase global awareness about this agenda, especially in regions with low-resource settings.
We are pleased to invite you to provide clinicians, mental health professionals, and researchers with evidence-based mental health interventions for children with ASD, ADHD, and ID.
In this Special Issue, we welcome original research articles, reviews of the literature (narrative review or systematic reviews—with or without meta-analysis), observational studies (cross-sectional and longitudinal), randomized clinical trials, and open clinical trials.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Studies evaluating the feasibility, effectiveness, or efficiency of mental health interventions for children with ASD, ADHD, and ID and their caregivers.
- Studies evaluating barriers and facilitators to educational or mental health services for children with these neurodevelopmental disorders and caregivers.
- Systematic (with or without meta-analyses) and integrative reviews on relevant and up-to-date topics regarding mental health interventions for children with ASD, ADHD, and ID.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Triguero Veloz Teixeira
Dr. Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- autism spectrum disorder
- attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- intellectual disability
- mental health intervention
- parental training
- mental health services in neurodevelopmental disorders
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