ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2025
Child and adolescent mental health burden, policies, and services in high-income countries and areas in the Western Pacific Region.
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- Regional and national burden of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Asia, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Article
- Not snowflakes: Gen Z reflections on rising youth mental ill-health.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Young people's perceptions and recommendations for conversational generative artificial intelligence in youth mental health.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Closing the policy gap in children and youth suicide in low- and middle-income countries: The case for mental health policies.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Autism spectrum disorder burden across 798 locations, 1990-2023: frontier and inequality mapping in the context of child injury prevention and safety promotion.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Policies, resources, and interventions for child and adolescent mental health in China: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Policies, resource allocation, and interventions for child and adolescent mental health in low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Advancing child and adolescent mental health in the Western Pacific through international collaboration.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Global burden of mental disorders among adolescents and young adults, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2021.General psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study examined recent trends in the burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders, and suicide among children and adolescents, and reviewed child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) policies and services in eight high-income jurisdictions (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan) in the Western Pacific Region. Data on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of mental and substance use disorders and suicide were extracted from global and national datasets. A narrative review on CAMH policies and services was conducted using English and local language sources. Mental and substance use disorders accounted for 14.9%-24.2% of total DALYs among individuals under 20 years, with suicide rates of 10-19-year-olds increasing in several jurisdictions since the early 2010s. While all jurisdictions had mental health laws addressing minors and legislated protections against harms, only Australia had a stand-alone CAMH policy, and large gaps in workforce and service data remained. Strengthening suicide prevention efforts, improving CAMH data systems, enhancing CAMH-focused legislation, and learning from best practices on youth engagement and cross-sector collaboration are recommended to advance CAMH systems in the region.
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