research psychologist interested in mental health provision for children with long term conditions - QI coach at @rcpsych and lecturer @AFNCCF & @UCLchildhealth

Joined July 2012
Last week I passed my PhD with minor corrections! Feel very grateful to have spent the last 3 years with the @ICHPsychMedTeam and have loved setting up mental health services at different paediatric hospitals. Watch this space for the results! ✨
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In 2 weeks time I’m running the London marathon for Vasculitis UK 💙 @vascuk . Today was my final long run before tapering down - would be grateful for any last donations for a special cause - 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthus…
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The trial of a mental health drop-in service inspired by Peanuts character Lucy has improved children’s quality of life and reduced treatment cost by half. @CambChildrens Mental Health Co-lead Professor Isobel Heyman came up with the idea. Read the story 👉tinyurl.com/2s474e5j
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Clinical effectiveness of drop-in mental health services in paediatric healthcare settings Read the results published in #BMCHealthServRes @BMC_series @ICHPsychMedTeam #ISRCTN: isrctn.com/ISRCTN15063954 bmchealthservres.biomedcentr…
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❗New publication! Drop-in mental health services were set up at 6 paediatric hospitals for children with physical health conditions. Accessing these services led to significant reductions in emotional & behavioural symptoms & improved quality of life link.springer.com/article/10…...
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These findings suggest that drop-in mental health services are effective, acceptable, and can be delivered at low cost for young people with long term conditions. This model can help increase access to evidence-based mental health treatment in paediatric healthcare settings 👏
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Massive thank you to all services involved in setting up drop-in services at their different hospitals! 🫶
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📣New Research! It took 6 years but we got there! The STADIA trial reports… What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months.   6 Headline findings… see🧵below(1/7)
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Incredible evening being shortlisted for the #hsjawards2024 mental health innovation of the year for the Lucy Project, improving access to mental health support for children with long term conditions ⭐️
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BCP New FirstView Paper: Pragmatic implementation of low-intensity psychological treatment for children and young people: the reality Full free text at ow.ly/5jB850U3FR6
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🧠 How are low-intensity mental health treatments for children & young people being implemented? Our new paper identifies which interventions are delivered in practice, and their evidence-base... bit.ly/3NTpAVX @isabellastokess @Rozshafran1 @DrHCGriffiths @KatieMcD1981
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We ranked the evidence and accessibility of the interventions in Appendix B, here: tinyurl.com/5ydjkwc8
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🔍 In conclusion, there remains a ‘research–practice’ gap in the provision of low-intensity CBT for children and young people. This paper highlights the need to improve accessibility of evidenced-based interventions and support research on interventions delivered in practice 📝
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Anna Roach retweeted
Where the Lucy Project began! So good to meet you in the flesh today @anna_roach_ ! See you in September to celebrate the project so far 🎉 #BABCP24 #lowintensityworkforce
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How do #children & #YoungPeople use #language to describe their own #LifeLimiting/#LifeThreatening condition #pedpc? @CSI_Linguist undertook a secondary #DiscourseAnalysis to find out. Full article: doi.org/10.1177/026921632412…
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What is the role of peer support in universities? We have some spaces left in-person and online - please register on the link below!
Join us to learn about some of the most recent developments in peer support for student well-being in research and practice! Funded by the UCL ICH Mental Health Strategic Initiative @ich_ppp Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-powe…
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Join us to learn about some of the most recent developments in peer support for student well-being in research and practice! Funded by the UCL ICH Mental Health Strategic Initiative @ich_ppp Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-powe…
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