• Acceptability and feasibility of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (eCBT) for children and adolescents with obsessive–compulsive disorder 

      Babiano-Espinosa, Lucia; Wolters, Lidewij H.; Weidle, Bernhard; Compton, Scott; Lydersen, Stian; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Introduction Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling mental health disorder affecting 1–3% of children and adolescents. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is recommended as the first-line treatment, but is limited ...
    • Acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of Internet cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review 

      Babiano-Espinosa, Lucia; Wolters, Lidewij H.; Weidle, Bernhard; Beek, Vivian op de; Pedersen, Sindre Andre; Compton, Scott N.; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health disorder characterized by recurringobsessions and compulsions affecting 1–3% of children and adolescents. Current treatment options are limited ...
    • Analysis of structural brain asymmetries in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 39 datasets 

      Postema, Merel C.; Hoogman, Martine; Ambrosino, Sara; Asherson, Philip; Banaschewski, Tobias; Bandeira, Cibele E.; Baranov, Alexandr; Bau, Claiton H.D.; Baumeister, Sarah; Baur-Streubel, Ramona; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Biederman, Joseph; Bralten, Janita; Brandeis, Daniel; Brem, Silvia; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Busatto, Geraldo F.; Castellanos, Francisco X.; Cercignani, Mara; Chaim-Avancini, Tiffany M.; Chantiluke, Kaylita C.; Christakou, Anastasia; Coghill, David; Conzelmann, Annette; Cubillo, Ana; Cupertino, Renata B.; de Zeeuw, Patrick; Doyle, Alysa E.; Durston, Sarah; Earl, Eric A.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Ethofer, Thomas; Fair, Damien A.; Fallgatter, Andreas J.; Faraone, Stephen V.; Frodl, Thomas; Gabel, Matt C.; Gogberashvili, Tinatin; Grevet, Eugenio H.; Haavik, Jan; Harrison, Neil A.; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heslenfeld, Dirk J.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Hohmann, Sarah; Høvik, Marie Farstad; Jernigan, Terry L.; Kardatzki, Bernd; Karkashadze, George A.; Kelly, Clare; Kohls, Gregor; Konrad, Kerstin; Kuntsi, Jonna; Lazaro, Luisa; Lera-Miguel, Sara; Lesch, Klaus-Peter; Louza, Mario R.; Lundervold, Astri J.; Malpas, Charles B.; Mattos, Paulo; McCarthy, Hazel; Namazova-Baranova, Leyla; Nicolau, Rosa; Nigg, Joel T.; Novotny, Stephanie E.; Oberwelland Weiss, Eileen; O'Gorman Tuura, Ruth L.; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Oranje, Bob; Paloyelis, Yannis; Pauli, Paul; Picon, Felipe A.; Plessen, Kerstin J.; Ramos-Quiroga, J. Antoni; Reif, Andreas; Reneman, Liesbeth; Rosa, Pedro G.P.; Rubia, Katya; Schrantee, Anouk; Schweren, Lizanne J.S.; Seitz, Jochen; Shaw, Philip; Silk, Tim J.; Skokauskas, Norbert; Soliva, Joan Carles; Stevens, Michael C.; Sudre, Gustavo; Tamm, Leanne; Tovar-Moll, Fernanda; van Erp, Theo G.M.; Vance, Alasdair; Vilarroya, Oscar; Vives-Gilabert, Yolanda; von Polier, Georg G.; Walitza, Susanne; Yoncheva, Yuliya N.; Zanetti, Marcus V; Ziegler, Georg C.; Glahn, David C.; Jahanshad, Neda; Medland, Sarah E.; Thompson, Paul M.; Fisher, Simon E.; Franke, Barbara; Francks, Clyde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objective Some studies have suggested alterations of structural brain asymmetry in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but findings have been contradictory and based on small samples. Here, we performed the ...
    • Attitudes of Mental Health Service Users Toward Storage and Use of Electronic Health Records 

      Bakken, Victoria; Koposov, Roman A; Røst, Thomas Brox; Clausen, Carolyn; Nytrø, Øystein; Leventhal, Bennett; Westbye, Odd Sverre; Koochakpour, Kaban; Mandahl, Arthur; Hafstad, Hege; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective: Electronic health records (EHRs) are used for both clinical practice and research. Because mental health service users’ views are underrepresented in perspectives on EHR use, the authors examined service ...
    • Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda 

      Akselberg, Silje Martine; Nalugya, Joyce; Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Abstract Introduction: Worldwide, one in five children and adolescents suffer from mental health disorders, while facing limited opportunities for treatment and recovery. Growing up, they face multiple challenges that might ...
    • Clinical Decision Support Systems: An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 

      Clausen, Carolyn; Leventhal, Bennett; Nytrø, Øystein; Koposov, Roman A; Westbye, Odd Sverre; Røst, Thomas Brox; Bakken, Victoria; Koochakpour, Kaban; Thorvik, Ketil; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In the “good old days,” Hippocrates narrowed the basic understanding of disease and clinical practice to 4 “humors”: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Today, medical practice takes place in a rapidly expanding ...
    • Clinical Decision Support Systems: An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 

      Clausen, Carolyn; Leventhal, Bennett; Nytrø, Øystein; Koposov, Roman A; Westbye, Odd Sverre; Røst, Thomas Brox; Bakken, Victoria; Koochakpour, Kaban; Thorvik, Ketil; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In the “good old days,” Hippocrates narrowed the basic understanding of disease and clinical practice to 4 “humors”: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Today, medical practice takes place in a rapidly expanding ...
    • Cohort profile: The Youth and Mental Health Study (YAMHS) – a longitudinal study of the period from adolescence to adulthood 

      Kaasbøll, Jannike; Sigurdson, Johannes Foss; Skokauskas, Norbert; Sund, Anne Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The aim of this article is to provide a detailed description of the Youth and Mental Health Study (YAMHS),a population-based, representative (cluster sampling), prospective cohort study that was conducted to investigate ...
    • The cost-effectiveness of treatments for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents: a systematic review 

      Sampaio, Filipa; Feldman, Inna; Lavelle, Tara A.; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Economic evaluations can help decision makers identify what services for children with neurodevelopmental disorders provide best value-for-money. The aim of this paper is to review the best available economic evidence to ...
    • Criminogenic Risk Assessment Beyond Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Predictive Ability of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in Norway 

      Kanestrøm, Harald Kvernes; Stallvik, Marianne; Lydersen, Stian; Skokauskas, Norbert; Hoftun, Siri; Nilsen, Camilla Karlsen; Kaasbøll, Jannike (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      This study evaluated the predictive properties of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in 646 Norwegian adolescents (63% males) placed in non-secure, community-based residential care. Using receiver ...
    • eCBT versus standard individual CBT for paediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder 

      Babiano-Espinosa, Lucia; Skarphedinsson, Gudmundur; Weidle, Bernhard; Wolters, Lidewij H.; Compton, Scott; Ivarsson, Tord; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    • How can technology enhance cognitive behavioral therapy: The case of pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder 

      Wolters, Lidewij H.; de Beek, Vivian Op; Weidle, Bernhard; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Many children with mental health disorders do not receive adequate treatment due to the uneven dissemination of resources, and other barriers to treatment. In the case of pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder treatment ...
    • The Implementation of the WHO Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) in Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic 

      Pinchuk, Irina; Yachnik, Yulia; Kopchak, Oksana; Avetisyan, Kristine; Gasparyan, Khachatur; Ghazaryan, Gayane; Chkonia, Eka; Panteleeva, Lilya; Guerrero, Anthony; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Despite the increasing burden of mental disorders, a lot of people worldwide suffer a gap in receiving necessary care in these countries. To close this gap, the WHO has developed mhGAP training modules aimed at scaling up ...
    • Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder: a feasibility study 

      Hollmann, Karsten; Allgaier, Katharina; Hohnecker, Carolin S.; Lautenbacher, Heinrich; Bizu, Verena; Nickola, Matthias; Wewetzer, Gunilla; Wewetzer, Christoph; Ivarsson, Tord; Skokauskas, Norbert; Wolters, Lidewij H.; Skarphedinsson, Gudmundur; Weidle, Bernhard; de Haan, Else; Torp, Nor Christian; Compton, Scott N.; Calvo, Rosa; Lera-Miguel, Sara; Haigis, Anna; Renner, Tobias J.; Conzelmann, Annette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the first choice of treatment of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents. However, there is often a lack of access to appropriate treatment close to the home ...
    • Internet-based psychotherapy in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): protocol of a randomized controlled trial 

      Conzelmann, Annette; Hollmann, Karsten; Haigis, Anna; Lautenbacher, Heinrich; Bizu, Verena; App, Rehan; Nickola, Matthias; Wewetzer, Gunilla; Wewetzer, Christoph; Ivarsson, Tord; Skokauskas, Norbert; Wolters, Lidewij H.; Skarphedinsson, Gudmundur; Weidle, Bernhard; de Haan, Else; Torp, Nor Christian; Compton, Scott N.; Calvo, Rosa; Lera-Miguel, Sara; Alt, Annika; Hohnecker, Carolin Sarah; Allgaier, Katharina; Renner, Tobias J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children can lead to a huge burden on the concerned patients and their family members. While successful state-of-the art cognitive behavioral interventions exist, there ...
    • Local, Early, and Precise: Designing a Clinical Decision Support System for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 

      Røst, Thomas Brox; Clausen, Carolyn E.; Øystein, Nytro; Koposov, Roman A; Leventhal, Bennett; Westbye, Odd Sverre; Bakken, Victoria; Flygel, Linda; Koochakpour, Kaban; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Mental health disorders often develop during childhood and adolescence, causing long term and debilitating impacts at individual and societal levels. Local, early, and precise assessment and evidence-based treatment are ...
    • Mental health services in Ukraine during the early phases of the 2022 Russian invasion 

      Goto, Ryunosuke; Pinchuk, Irina; Kolodezhny, Oleksiy; Pimenova, Nataliia; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background In February 2022, Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. War increases the demand for mental healthcare among affected populations, but with devastating losses across the nation, it is unclear if Ukrainian mental ...
    • Pharmacotherapy of restricted/repetitive behavior in autism spectrum disorder:a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Yu, Yanjie; Chaulagain, Ashmita; Pedersen, Sindre Andre; Lydersen, Stian; Leventhal, Bennett; szatmari, peter; Aleksic, Branco; ozaki, norio; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: This paper is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of available medications for the treatment of restricted/repetitive behavior (RRBs) in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Method: We searched ...
    • Problem-based learning in child and adolescent psychiatry: A perspective from Japan 

      Iwatsuki, Junko; Kondo, Takeshi; Takahashi, Noriyuki; Takami, Hideki; Nishigori, Hiroshi; Bustos-Villalobos, Itzel; Aleksic, Branko; Kasuya, Hideki; Ban, Nobutaro; Yagi, Tetsuya; Skokauskas, Norbert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose: Japanese higher education institutions have long been striving for the globalization of medical education. Nagoya University (NU) adopted PBL as a means of enhancing intercultural awareness in globalizing medical ...
    • Reasons and trends in youth's suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Goto, Ryunosuke; Okubo, Yusuke; Skokauskas, Norbert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The COVID-19 pandemic posed many mental health challenges to youth through unprecedented infection control measures such as nationwide school closures. Despite this, few studies have investigated trends in suicide ...