A5005777697- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Community Health and Development
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Media Influence and Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
University of Oxford
2023-2025
The University of Sydney
2023-2025
UNSW Sydney
2021-2024
University of Cambridge
2016-2022
University College London
2019-2022
University of Oregon
2019
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
2019
In the past decade, there have been extensive efforts in Western world to raise public awareness about mental health problems, with goal of reducing or preventing these symptoms across population. Despite efforts, reported rates problems increased countries over same period. this paper, we present hypothesis that, paradoxically, are contributing increase problems. We term prevalence inflation hypothesis. First, argue that leading more accurate reporting previously under-recognised symptoms,...
Scientific evidence regularly guides policy decisions
Lifetime trajectories of mental ill-health are often established during adolescence. Effective interventions to prevent the emergence health problems needed. In current study we assessed efficacy cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-informed Climate Schools universal eHealth preventive programme, relative a control. We also explored whether intervention had differential effects on students with varying degrees social connectedness.We evaluated programme (19 participating schools; average age...
Abstract Individuals vary in their ability to tolerate uncertainty. High intolerance of uncertainty (the tendency react negatively uncertain situations) is a known risk factor for mental health problems. In the current study we examined degree which predicted depression and anxiety symptoms interrelations across first year COVID-19 pandemic. We these associations three time points (May 2020 – April 2021) an international sample adults ( N = 2087, Mean age 41.13) from countries (UK, USA,...
Social and behavioral science research proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting substantial increase in influence of public health policy more broadly. This review presents a comprehensive assessment 742 scientific articles on human behavior COVID-19. Two independent teams evaluated 19 substantive recommendations (“claims”) potentially critical aspects behaviors pandemic drawn from most widely cited papers Teams were made up original authors an team, all whom blinded to other...
Social rejection sensitivity has been proposed as a central risk factor for depression. Yet, its assessment typically limited to offline contexts. Many of today's social interactions, however, take place online. Here, we developed measure assess in both online and environments. Across four separate samples including total 2381 individuals (12-89 years), the Online Offline Sensitivity Scale was shown offer reliable sensitivity. The study provides evidence that across environments shows...
This study examines implications of the expanded use mobile platforms in testing cognitive function, and generates evidence on impact utilizing for dementia screen. The Saint Louis University Mental State examination (SLUMS) was ported onto a computerized application named Cambridge Pen to Digital Equivalence assessment (CUPDE). CUPDE piloted compared traditional pen paper version, with common comparator test both groups. Sixty healthy participants (aged 50-79) completed measurements....
In adolescence, there is a heightened propensity to take health risks such as smoking, drinking or driving too fast. Another facet of risk taking, social risk, has largely been neglected. A can be defined any decision action that could lead an individual being excluded by their peers, appearing different one’s friends. the current study, we developed and validated measure concern for use in individuals 11 years over (N = 1399). Concerns both declined with age, challenging commonly held...
Adolescence is a period of life when young people increasingly define themselves through peer comparison and are vulnerable to developing mental health problems. In the current study, we investigated whether subjective experience economic disadvantage among friends associated with social difficulties poorer in early adolescence.
Importance Antenatal stress is a significant risk factor for poor postpartum mental health. The association of pandemic-related with outcomes among mothers and infants is, however, less well understood. Objective To examine the antenatal COVID-19–related maternal health infant outcomes. Design, Setting, Participants This cohort study was conducted 318 participants in COVID-19 Risks Across Lifespan study, which took place Australia, UK, US. Eligible reported being pregnant at first assessment...
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that school-based mental health interventions have negative outcomes in at least some young people and thus are potentially harmful for these individuals. In this scoping review, we map out the empirical relating to phenomenon. We review three specific areas: types potential harms reported interventions; subgroups children adolescents heightened risk experiencing harm from proposed explanations harms.
<title>Abstract</title> Background Adolescence is a time of increased emotional volatility, with emotion regulation still developing. Training the cognitive substrate successful has been shown to benefit adolescents’ mental health. However, training interventions often have low adherence rates in this age group. The current study therefore trialled novel gamified program adolescents. Methods A longitudinal was conducted throughout 2023 where 144 culturally diverse adolescents (13–16 years,...
Individuals who belong to a sexual minority are at greater risk of adverse health and social outcomes. These effects observed during adolescence when many mental problems, such as depression, first emerge. Here, we used network analytic approach better understand the role that status plays in association between interpersonal difficulties substance use large sample mid-adolescents. In doing so, data from 8017 fourteen year olds UK’s Millennium Cohort Study, which 490 self-identified...
There is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken address this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school‐based prevention, based on therapeutic models such as CBT mindfulness. Such interventions are delivered groups people, irrespective risk or need. However, in commentary, we argue that initial appeal not supported by evidence: prevention less effective than targeted approaches, often leads null unsustained positive effects,...
The relationship between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems remains unclear contradictory. These inconsistencies may in part be due to differences the measurement operationalization of across studies, as well confounder selection missing data decisions. This study explores associations common specifications a large sample adolescents.
This study examined how individual differences in expectations of social consequences relate to individuals’ expected involvement health‐risk behaviors (HRBs). A total 122 adolescents (aged 11–17) reported their a number risk and whether or not they expect be liked more less by engaging the behavior: benefit. Higher perceived benefit was associated with higher anticipated said behavior. relationship stronger for who degree peer victimization, supporting hypothesis that experiencing...
This Viewpoint discusses the need to study functional impairment in addition symptoms school-based mental health intervention research.