European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Overview

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing a broad understanding of psychopathology in children and adolescents.

Affiliated with the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Welcomes empirical research from neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, neuroimaging, pharmacology, and related fields of interest.
Reports highest levels of author satisfaction with 100% of published authors likely to publish again.

Editor-in-Chief

Pieter Hoekstra

Editor-in-charge

Pieter Hoekstra

Journal Impact Factor: 6.0 (2023)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.5 (2023)

Submission to first decision (median): 12 days

Downloads: 2.4M (2024)

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Collection

ESCAP Communications

The first ESCAP Communications were published in ECAP in 2012.

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European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Latest articles

Reply to letter of concerns from Banos et al.
Cecilie Bjertness Nyquist
Leila Torgersen
Anne Waehre
Correspondence 07 April 2025
Universal school-based intervention: personal competence among public school children
Elie G. Karam
Josleen Al Barathie
Nadine Melhem
Research 07 April 2025
Mental health changes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents with mental disorders
Josjan Zijlmans
Lotte van Rijn
Janneke R. Zinkstok
Research Open access 05 April 2025
Interventions for self-harm and suicidality in paediatric emergency departments: a meta-review
Marcela Radunz
Catherine Johnson
Tracey D. Wade
Review Open access 05 April 2025
The possible effect of inflammation on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depression: a mediator of connectivity within corticostriatal reward circuitry
Dan Qiao
Yirun Qi
Zhifen Liu
Research Open access 05 April 2025

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This journal has 966 open access articles

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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2024 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Call for proposals for ESCAP Practical Guidance Articles

ESCAP and ECAP welcome proposals for ESCAP Practical Guidance Articles. Please see the linked PDF for details.

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN: 1435-165X
Print ISSN: 1018-8827
Abstracted and indexed in: ANVUR

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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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ESCAP Communications

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Reply to letter of concerns from Banos et al.

Universal school-based intervention: personal competence among public school children

Mental health changes during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents with mental disorders

Interventions for self-harm and suicidality in paediatric emergency departments: a meta-review

The possible effect of inflammation on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depression: a mediator of connectivity within corticostriatal reward circuitry

Journal updates

Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

Call for proposals for ESCAP Practical Guidance Articles

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