A5074995760- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Media Influence and Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Child Development and Education
- Social Media in Health Education
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Mind wandering and attention
- Student Stress and Coping
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Medical Research Council
2018-2024
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
2016-2024
University of Cambridge
2016-2024
Bridge University
2022
Abstract Preclinical research demonstrates that cannabinoids have differing effects in adolescent and adult animals. Whether these findings translate to humans has not yet been investigated. Here we believe conducted the first study compare acute of cannabis human ( n= 20; 16–17 years old) 24–28 male users, a placebo-controlled, double-blind cross-over design. After inhaling vaporized active or placebo cannabis, participants completed tasks assessing spatial working memory, episodic memory...
We explored what predicts secondary school students' mindfulness practice and responsiveness to universal school-based training (SBMT), how students experience SBMT.
<h2>Abstract</h2><h3>Objective</h3> Recent studies suggest mental health in youths is deteriorating. The current policy the United Kingdom emphasizes role of schools for promotion and prevention, but little data exist on what aspects influence pupils. This study explored school-level influences young people a large school-based sample from Kingdom. <h3>Method</h3> Baseline cluster randomized controlled trial collected between 2016 2018 mainstream secondary selected to be representative...
Background Previous research suggests that mindfulness training (MT) appears effective at improving mental health in young people. MT is proposed to work through executive control affectively laden contexts. However, it unclear whether improves such mitigate difficulties during periods of stress, but any mitigating effects against COVID-related remain unexamined. Objective To evaluate (intervention) versus psychoeducation (Psy-Ed; control), implemented after-school classes: (1) Improves...
Abstract Background Older adults undergoing emergency abdominal surgery have significantly poorer outcomes than younger adults. For those who survive, the level of care required on discharge from hospital is unknown and such information could guide decision-making. The ELF (Emergency Laparotomy Frailty) study aimed to determine whether preoperative frailty in older was associated with increased dependence at time discharge. Methods a UK-wide multicentre prospective cohort patients (65 years...
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescents are particularly susceptible to social influence and previous studies have shown that this susceptibility decreases with age. The current study used a cross‐sectional experimental paradigm investigate the effect of age puberty on both prosocial antisocial influence. Methods Participants (N = 520) aged 11–18 from London Cambridge (United Kingdom) rated how likely they would be engage in (e.g. “help classmate their work”) or “make fun classmate”) act. They...
Background The introduction of developmentally adapted criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has improved the identification ≤6‐year‐old children with clinical needs. Across two studies, we assess predictors development PTSD in young (PTSD‐YC), including adult‐led acute (ASD) diagnosis, and provide proof principle cognitive‐focused therapy this age range, aim increasing treatment options diagnosed PTSD‐YC. Method Study 1 ( N = 105) assessed ASD PTSD‐YC diagnosis 3‐ to 8‐year‐old...
Abstract Background Social media has changed the way surgeons communicate worldwide, particularly in dissemination of trial results. However, it is unclear if social could be used recruitment to surgical trials. This study aimed investigate influence Twitter promoting The Emergency Laparotomy and Frailty (ELF) Study. Methods ELF Study was a UK-based, prospective, observational cohort that assess frailty on 90-day mortality older adults undergoing emergency surgery. A power calculation...
Whilst growing research suggests that pain is associated with suicidality in adolescence, it remains unclear whether this relationship moderated by co-morbid depressive symptoms. The present study aimed to investigate the pain-suicidality association We performed secondary analyses on cross-sectional, pre-intervention data from 'My Resilience Adolescence' [MYRIAD] trial (ISRCTN ref: 86619085; N=8072, 11-15 years). Using odds ratio tests and (moderated) network analyses, we investigated...
This trial introduces a novel transdiagnostic intervention (Shaping Healthy Minds) designed to address the gap in effective interventions for people with complex and comorbid presentations including anxiety, disturbed mood, trauma sequelae. Shaping Minds is modular which synthesises several evidence-based treatment techniques, allowing standardised, yet flexible, delivery. We conducted patient-level two-arm randomised controlled (HARMONIC) that compared psychological treatment-as-usual...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic condition. Although current treatment approaches are effective in reducing acute symptoms, rates of relapse high. Chronic and inflexible retrieval autobiographical memories, particular bias towards negative overgeneral reliable predictor relapse. This randomised controlled single-blind trial will determine whether therapist-guided self-help intervention to ameliorate memory biases using Memory Flexibility training (MemFlex) increase the experience...
Background: Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) are an increasingly popular way of attempting to improve the behavioural, cognitive and mental health outcomes children adolescents, though there is a suggestion that enthusiasm has moved ahead evidence base. Most evaluations MBIs either uncontrolled or nonrandomized trials. This meta-analysis aims establish efficacy for adolescents in studies have adopted randomized, controlled trial (RCT) design. Methods: A systematic literature search...
Mindfulness training programmes have shown to encourage prosocial behaviours and reduce antisocial tendencies in adolescents. However, less is known about whether affects susceptibility influence. The current study investigated the effect of mindfulness (compared with an active control) on self-reported 465 adolescents aged 11-16 years were randomly allocated one two programmes. Pre- post-training, participants completed a social influence task. Self-reported likelihood engaging did not...
Sustained attention, a key cognitive skill that improves during childhood and adolescence, tends to be worse in some emotional behavioural disorders. attention is typically studied non-affective task contexts; here, we used novel index performance affective versus neutral contexts across adolescence (
People exhibit marked individual variation in their ability to exercise cognitive control affectively charged situations. Affective is typically assessed laboratory settings by comparing performance carefully constructed executive tasks performed both neutral and contexts. There some evidence that affective undergoes significant improvement throughout adolescence, though it unclear how adolescents deemed at risk of developing depression despite poor being identified as a contributing factor...
Background: Depression levels increase dramatically during adolescence in the general population. This effect is exacerbated adolescents with a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, or both. Here we detail protocol for My Emotions and Me Over Time (MEMO) study, 12-month longitudinal study primary aim to compare two competing accounts why this case. The first established notion that depression risk associated ADHD and/or autism due deficits emotional processing...
Hierarchies pervade human society, characterising its members along diverse dimensions ranging from their abilities or skills in a particular domain to economic status physical stature. One intriguing aspect of the centrality hierarchies, relative egalitarian constructs, is that hierarchically-organised social information appears be remembered more easily than non-hierarchically-organised information. However, it not yet clear how one’s rank within hierarchy influences processing. In...
People exhibit marked individual variation in their ability to exercise cognitive control affectively-charged situations. Affective is typically assessed laboratory settings by comparing performance carefully constructed executive tasks performed both affectively neutral (‘cool’) and (‘hot’) contexts. Whilst there some evidence that affective undergoes significant improvement throughout adolescence, it not clear if this follows a linear trajectory. Moreover, unclear how adolescents deemed at...
: The risk of depressive relapse and recurrence is associated with social factors that may be amplified by a submissive socio-cognitive profile. In Study 1 we aimed to identify perceptions low status in community sample (N = 613) self-reported history mental health difficulties (n 232) and, more specifically 2 122), individuals clinical remission from depression 18), relative never-depressed control group 64), experiencing current episode 40). 1, total 225 the 232 participants opted provide...
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments worldwide to introduce social distancing measures, including school closures and restrictions on in-person socialising. However, adherence was challenging for many, particularly adolescents, whom interaction is crucial development. current study aimed identify individual-level predictors of in a longitudinal sample 460 adolescents aged 11-20 years. Participants completed detailed pre-pandemic assessments, mental health well-being, altruism, delayed...
Mindfulness training programmes have shown to encourage prosocial behaviours and reduce antisocial tendencies in adolescents. However, less is known about whether affects susceptibility influence. The current study investigated the effect of mindfulness (compared with an active control) on self-reported 465 adolescents aged 11-16 were randomly allocated one two programmes. Pre- post-training, participants completed a social influence task. Self-reported likelihood engaging did not change...