research psychologist interested in mental health provision for children with long term conditions - QI coach at @rcpsych and lecturer @AFNCCF & @UCLchildhealth
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! ✨
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
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
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
❗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...
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 👏
📣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)
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 ⭐️
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
🔍 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 📝
🧠 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
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