Mental Health and Wellbeing
Research in this area has evaluated and developed interventions aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and adults.
Previous projects:
- Exploring the longer-term impacts of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health (PI: Emily Widnall)
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School culture and student mental health: a participatory action research study (PI: Dr Judi Kidger)
- Delivering a resilience building programme for parents of secondary school children (PI: Dr David Troy)
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Improving the mental health of children and young people in education (PI: Dr Judi Kidger)
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ThinkBig - Multi-national digital platforms enabling child and youth led health and wellbeing intatives (UoB CPH Collaborator: Prof. Rona Campbell)
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Young People's Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Emily Widnall, Dr Judi Kidger, Lizzy Winstone, Dr Becky Mars & Prof Claire Haworth)
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Health improvement for looked after children (UoB CPH Collaborator: Prof. Rona Campbell)
- Mentoring vulnerable and excluded adolescents to achieve better health and well-being: A feasibility study and pilot RCT of the Breakthrough Mentoring Scheme(Prof. Rona Campbell)
- A network meta-analysis of complex interventions to prevent mental-ill-health in children and young people: evaluation of effective and cost-effective interventions and components (PI: Dr Deborah Caldwell; UoB CPH Collaborators: Dr Judi Kidger, Prof David Gunnell, Prof Rona Campbell)
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Youth mentoring: factors influencing effectiveness of youth mentoring programmes and assessment of outcomes (Dr Deobrah Caldwell)
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SHINE (Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments) (Co-Director: Dr Suzanne Audrey)
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Suicide Prevention: NIHR Programme Grant (UoB Lead: Prof David Gunnell)
Travel to Work Study (PI: Dr Suzanne Audrey; UOB CPH researcher: Dr Harriet Fisher)
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Walk to Work Study (PI: Dr Suzanne Audrey)
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The WISE Project (Wellbeing in Secondary Education) (PI: Dr Judi Kidger; UOB CPH researchers: Dr Sarah Bell, Dr Rowan Brockman, Dr Sarah Harding)
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Obtaining valid and reliable estimates of treatment efficacy in psychiatric research: using Network Meta-Analysis (Dr Heide Busse)