Commentary: The evidence base regarding the long‐term effects of childhood mental disorder treatments needs to be strengthened – reply to Dekkers <i>et al</i>. (2023)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Commentary: The evidence base regarding the long‐term effects of childhood mental disorder treatments needs to be strengthened – reply to Dekkers et al. (2023)

Published:2023-07-15 Issue:10 Volume:64 Page:1520-1521
ISSN:0021-9630
Container-title:Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Child Psychology Psychiatry

Author:

Roest Annelieke M.¹²^ORCID,de Vries Ymkje Anna³,Wienen Albert W.⁴,de Jonge Peter¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands

2. Department of Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation (ICPE) University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands

3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) Groningen The Netherlands

4. Windesheim University of Applied Sciences Zwolle The Netherlands

Abstract

In their reply to our editorial (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2023, 64, 464), Dekkers et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2023, 64, 470) argue that treatment is the best choice for children with mental disorders because there is ‘sound evidence’ that interventions are effective, also in the long term. We agree that there is sound evidence for treatment effectiveness in the short‐term and there is some evidence for longer‐term effects of certain specific treatments, such as behavioral parent training in children with behavioral disorders, as acknowledged in our editorial. However, we strongly disagree that there is sound evidence for long‐term effectiveness.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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