36.1583, Calls: Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) - "Speech and Language Disorders and Mental Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Risk, Resilience, and Support" (Jrnl)

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Date: 17-May-2025
From: Weifeng Han [weifeng.han at flinders.edu.au]
Subject: Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032) - "Speech and Language Disorders and Mental Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Risk, Resilience, and Support" (Jrnl)


Journal: Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032)
Issue: Speech and Language Disorders and Mental Health:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Risk, Resilience, and Support
Call Deadline: 31-May-2026

Call for Papers:
Special Issue Information
We are pleased to invite contributions to this Special Issue, which
explores the complex and evolving relationship between speech and
language disorders and mental health across the lifespan.
Developmental language disorder (DLD) and related communication
difficulties are increasingly recognised as significant, yet
under-identified, contributors to mental health vulnerabilities,
including anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, and behavioural
challenges. Research across disciplines has highlighted both genetic
and environmental risk factors, systemic barriers to appropriate
support, and the cumulative impact of unaddressed language needs on
psychosocial wellbeing.
Thus, the aim of this Special Issue is to bring together international
and interdisciplinary research that addresses how speech and language
disorders intersect with mental health concerns, particularly in
underrepresented or high-risk populations such as youth offenders,
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals, and those
with complex developmental profiles. We welcome empirical studies,
reviews, theoretical contributions, and practice-based innovations
that examine these intersections and propose inclusive, collaborative
approaches to care and intervention.
Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
 - Comorbidity of DLD and internalising/externalising disorders;
 - Early risk and protective factors influencing mental health in
speech-language disorders;
 - Lived experiences and identity in adolescents and adults with DLD;
 - Multidisciplinary service delivery models;
 - Inequity in access to mental health support for individuals with
communication needs;
 - Longitudinal studies tracking psychosocial outcomes in populations
with speech–language disorders;
 - Trauma-informed or culturally responsive care frameworks;
 - Integrating speech–language therapy in mental health services.
Guest Editors:
Dr. Weifeng Han
Dr. Shane Pill
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering
and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to
go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the
deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed.
Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon
as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website.
Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are
invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100
words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this
website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor
be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference
proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a
single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other
relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the
Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international
peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a
manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in
this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers
should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's
English editing service prior to publication or during author
revisions.
Keywords
 - developmental language disorder (DLD)
 - speech–language pathology
 - communication disorders
 - mental health comorbidity
 - psychosocial development
 - interdisciplinary care
 - equity in healthcare access
 - internalising and externalising symptoms
 - language and emotional regulation
 - cultural and linguistic diversity

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Clinical Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition
                     Psycholinguistics




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