Adolescence is a period with specific mental health needs (Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, 2011). The physical, neurodevelopmental, psychological, and social changes that take place during this period suggest that adolescence needs explicit research attention. Moreover, research needs to take into consideration the heterogeneity of adolescents, including the differing developmental phases and abilities of younger and older adolescents and of adolescent girls and boys, with a special emphasis on vulnerable adolescents who lack parental guidance and support, face extreme poverty, or are victims of violence, exploitation and abuse. Maybe the most challenging task of the modern relevant research is to fully understand the factors and mechanisms that are provided by adolescence as opportunities to make up for developmental deficits in the first decade of life in order to protect the healthy transition to adulthood.
In the context of these observations, in 2015 the Society for Education and Psychotherapy initiated the Journal of Adolescent Psychology and Psychiatry (JAPP). JAPP is an international peer-reviewed journal that seeks to advance the science of adolescent psychology and psychiatry by publishing original research and papers of theoretical, scientific, and clinical relevance to the field.
JAPP welcomes unpublished manuscripts whose primary focus is on the mental health of adolescents, and families. Submissions may come from diverse viewpoints including: genetic, epidemiological, neurobiological, and psychopathological research; cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, and other psychotherapeutic investigations; parent-offspring, interpersonal, and family research; and, clinical and empirical research in various settings.
Published twelve times per year, each issue is committed to its mission of advancing the science of adolescent mental health and promoting the care of youth and their families.
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Author Name: George Giannakopoulos
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Keywords: Adolescent; Psychology; Psychiatry
ISSN: 2459-2722
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EOI/DOI: 10.18482/1111
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