Anna Roach

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

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

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! ✨

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

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 - https://t.co/Wg2Fgvefs9

[Cambridge Children's Hospital @CambChildrens]

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 👉https://t.co/hGXZPM76Nn

[ISRCTN: the UK's Clinical Study Registry @ISRCTN]

Clinical effectiveness of drop-in mental health services in paediatric healthcare settings

Read the results published in #BMCHealthServRes
@BMC_series @ICHPsychMedTeam

#ISRCTN: https://t.co/wQnVtb3AcM

https://t.co/2ZlZtjcKoa

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

Massive thank you to all services involved in setting up drop-in services at their different hospitals! 🫶

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

❗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 https://t.co/mC4fBJwSKj...

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

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 👏

[Professor Kapil Sayal 💙 CYPMHSResearch @CYPMHSResearch]

📣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)

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

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 ⭐️

[tCBT & BCP are on BlueSky etc @theCBTJournal]

BCP New FirstView Paper: Pragmatic implementation of low-intensity psychological treatment for children and young people: the reality

Full free text at https://t.co/zxLLy1E6Nd

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

🔍 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 📝

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

🧠 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... https://t.co/GGUX4xCNRu @isabellastokess @Rozshafran1 @DrHCGriffiths @KatieMcD1981

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

We ranked the evidence and accessibility of the interventions in Appendix B, here: https://t.co/MlMsP6GR7k

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

@DrLucyCoombes @royalmarsdenNHS Congratulations Lucy! X

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

@jones1302 @SheffChildrens @BrightYDreams @ICHPsychMedTeam So good to see you and SO excited to hear about all the fab news from Sheffield and beyond! ✨

[Anna Roach @anna_roach_]

@HannahM_Scott20 @CYP_CSI @CSI_KCL These are fab!

[Emily Webster @etunns]

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