Rates of mental health problems in adolescence are rising as highlighted in this current issue of the Journal. It is therefore increasingly important to identify children who may be at risk so that preventive interventions can be deployed before they reach adolescence. Adverse parenting has long been considered a risk factor for poor mental health in adolescence, but the methods traditionally used to assess this are laborious, burdensome and costly. Recently, passive monitoring and automated approaches to collecting and analysing spoken and written forms of parental communication have been proposed. This editorial examines the promise of such technological advances for assessing parenting and provides words of caution from parents and young people that should be heeded before rolling these approaches out at scale.

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社论：“你说什么？”使用自动和被动监控方法通过口头和书面交流来评估养育行为的前景和潜在陷阱。


正如本期杂志所强调的那样，青春期心理健康问题的发生率正在上升。因此，识别可能面临风险的儿童变得越来越重要，以便在他们进入青春期之前采取预防性干预措施。长期以来，不良养育方式一直被认为是青少年心理健康状况不佳的一个危险因素，但传统上用于评估这一问题的方法是费力、繁琐且昂贵的。最近，已经提出了用于收集和分析家长沟通的口头和书面形式的被动监控和自动化方法。这篇社论探讨了此类技术进步在评估育儿方面的前景，并提出了父母和年轻人在大规模推广这些方法之前应注意的警告。