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Research groups
Cathy Creswell
Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology
- NIHR Senior Investigator
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
- Theme lead: Oxford and the Thames Valley NIHR ARC, Mental Health across the Lifespan
- Associate Head for Research
My research mainly focuses on the development, maintenance and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and young people. My team in The Oxford Psychological Interventions for Children and adolescents (TOPIC) research group apply a broad range of methods (including experimental, longitudinal, clinical trial and qualitative methods and systematic reviews) with children, young people and families in both community and clinical settings, with the ultimate aim of improving access to and outcomes from psychological treatments for these common conditions.
I am committed to increasing research capacity in clinical psychology and child and adolescent mental health, particularly through supporting training and development opportunities. I have supported a number of Clinical Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows, lead the NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator, and am a registered mentor with the Academy of Medical Sciences.
I also currently lead a UKRI Research Network Plus called Emerging Minds: Action for Child Mental Health. Emerging Minds aims to transform the promotion of good mental health, and prevention and treatment of mental health problems in children and young people by developing an interdisciplinary and cross-sector research network, providing training opportunities for early career researchers, and facilitating the development of research projects to meet our aims.
Recent publications
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Patterns of Sub-optimal Change following CBT for Childhood Anxiety
Journal article
CRESWELL C. et al, (2024), Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Risks of Anxiety Disorders in Offspring of Parents With Mood Disorders.
Journal article
Tu E-N. et al, (2024), J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 63, 407 - 421
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Digitally augmented, parent-led CBT versus treatment as usual for child anxiety problems in child mental health services in England and Northern Ireland: a pragmatic, non-inferiority, clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Creswell C. et al, (2024), Lancet Psychiatry
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Statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomised controlled trial to compare screening, feedback and intervention for child anxiety problems to usual school practice: identifying Child Anxiety Through Schools-identification to intervention (iCATS-i2i).
Journal article
Ball S. et al, (2024), Trials, 25
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Maternal Experienced Bereavement and Offspring Mental Health in Early Adulthood: The Role of Modifiable Parental Factors
Journal article
CRESWELL C. et al, (2024), Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry