Objective: This meta-analysis investigated parent-child discrepancies in reporting anxiety and depression symptoms during digital interventions for youth. Method: We analyzed 13 randomized controlled trials involving 2,022 children (mean age = 12.25 years, 52.76% female) and 2,069 parents. Studies included digital interventions for anxiety and/or depression, with both parent and child reports. Effect sizes (Hedge’s g) were calculated for intervention and control groups across four time points. Discrepancies were assessed using Bland-Altman plots, Kendall’s Tau, correlation analyses, and paired tests. Results: Small, nonsignificant effects were found for both parent (g = -0.02 to 0.71) and child (g = -0.14 to 0.22) reports across time points. Parent-child agreement varied, with Kendall’s Tau ranging from 0.33 to 1.00 for anxiety and -0.33 to 0.50 for depression. Parents reported larger intervention effects than children, particularly for anxiety at mid-term (parent g = 0.71, child g = 0.15) and depression at short-term (parent g = 1.36, child g = 0.03). However, these differences were not statistically significant. Conclusions: While not statistically significant, notable discrepancies exist between parent and child reports of anxiety and depression symptoms during digital interventions. These findings suggest the importance of considering both perspectives in clinical assessments and research, particularly at different stages of treatment for anxiety and depression.

Objective: Clinical psychology, a pivotal aspect of psychology, combines research and practice. This study aims to assess the recent decade’s clinical psychology research, particularly post-COVID-19 paradigm shifts. Method: Analyzing 69,295 clinical psychology publications from 2010 to 2022 in the Web of Science database, we used advanced bibliometrics tools (CiteSpace and Mapequation) to scrutinize authorship networks, publishing trends, and research focus in the US, the field’s rigin. Results: We found a significant upswing in clinical psychology research prompted by the advent of the pandemic, particularly in the study of psychological trauma caused by issues such as family conflict, elder abuse, collective trauma, and so on. Clinical psychology research has been profoundly formed with a dynamic group of scholars and institutions, surrounding mainly higher education systems. Research participants are widely diverse, with a progressive focus transition to the populations on gender and race minorities, maternal, and adolescents. Mental disorder, such as PTSD, anxiety, and suicidal behaviors have caught more attention especially during the pandemic. Therapeutic approaches have long been another focus in clinical psychology, interventions such as mindfulness-based practice and AI-assisted technologies have started to gain prominence. Conclusions: This paper serves as the first large-scale bibliometrics analysis in clinical psychology, which offers an interdisciplinary collaboration potential with information science besides the originality of documenting publication trends in psychology. The integration of open data initiatives, machine learning, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies shows promise in assessing mental health and fostering well-being, indicating an evolving landscape in clinical psychology research.