Commentary: Why treatment is the best choice for childhood mental disorders – a commentary on Roest et al. (2022)
Dekkers, T.J.; Groenman, A.P.; Cuijpers, P.; Hoekstra, P.J.; Luman, M.; Orobio de Castro, B.; Overbeek, G.; Popma, A.; Rommelse, N.; Salemink, E.; Stikkelbroek, Y.A.J.; van den Hoofdakker, B.J.; van der Oord, S.; Leijten, P.
(2023) Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, volume 64, issue 3, pp. 470 - 473
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Abstract
An important question in mental healthcare for children is whether treatments are effective and safe in the long run. Here, we comment on a recent editorial perspective by Roest et al. (2022), who argue, based on an overview of systematic reviews, ‘that there is no convincing evidence that interventions for the
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most common childhood disorders are beneficial in the long term’. We believe that the available evidence does not justify this conclusion and express our concern regarding the harmful effects of their message. We show that there is evidence to suggest beneficial longer term treatment effects for each of the disorders and explain why evidence-based treatment should be offered to children with mental disorders.
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Keywords: Child psychopathology, evidence-based treatment, long-term effects, mental healthcare, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health
ISSN: 0021-9630
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Note: Funding Information: T.J.D. was supported by an implementation grant of ZonMw (07290202110010). M.L. has co‐developed a self‐help teacher training program, without financial interests. She has received research grants from ZonMw and was an advisor of the Dutch ADHD guideline groups. P.J.H. has been a member of an advisory board meeting of Takeda. G.O. was supported by a grant from the Dutch Science Council (016.vici.185.063) in the preparation of this manuscript. E.S. was supported by a grant from the Dutch Science Council (VI.vidi.195.041) in the preparation of this manuscript. B.v.d.H. has received royalties as one of the editors of Sociaal Onhandig (published by Van Gorcum), a Dutch book for parents that can be used in parent training. She has been involved in the development and evaluation of several parent and teacher training programs, without financial interests; she has been a member of Dutch ADHD guideline and practice standard groups. S.v.d.O. has co‐developed a planning‐focused and solution‐focused treatment and other behavioral treatments but has no financial interest in any of these. She has received research grants from ZonMw and the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO); she was an advisor of the Dutch ADHD guideline groups and is a member of a working group on ADHD of the Superior Health Council of Belgium. P.L. was supported by a grant from the Dutch Science Council (VI.Vidi.201.065) in the preparation of this manuscript. None of the funders or other parties mentioned here had any involvement in the current commentary. The remaining authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
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