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Eleanor Leigh
BSc (Hons), DClinPsy, DPhil
MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, Clinical Psychologist
I am a Clinical Research Fellow at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL. I am also an Honorary Clinical Psychologist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
My work is focused on improving our understanding and treatment of adolescent anxiety disorders, with an emphasis on cognitive approaches. A particular focus is social anxiety. To do this, I use a broad range of methods, including experimental and prospective methods, meta-analysis, and clinical trial designs.
My current research looks at: cognitive and behavioural mechanisms of adolescent anxiety; psychological therapies for adolescent social anxiety disorder; improving access to treatment with the use of digital therapy; how social anxiety affects academic achievement; the peer environment and anxiety in adolescence; and parental influences on the maintenance of anxiety in youth.
My work is or has been supported by the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, and the NIHR. Previously, I worked as a Clinical Psychologist at National & Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at The Maudsley Hospital, London. I teach and train on a number of national training courses, including Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) and CYP-IAPT courses. I am on the advisory board of JCPP Advances and the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry.
Recent publications
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Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism and safety behaviours in social anxiety in autistic and non-autistic adolescents.
Journal article
Lei J. et al, (2024), J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 65, 285 - 297
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Exploring the Association between Social Camouflaging and Self- Versus Caregiver-Report Discrepancies in Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Socially-Anxious Adolescents
Journal article
Lei J. et al, (2024), Autism: the international journal of research and practice
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Adolescents' experience of receiving internet-delivered cognitive therapy for social anxiety disorder.
Journal article
Leigh E. et al, (2023), Internet Interv, 34
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COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
Journal article
LEIGH E. et al, (2023), Behaviour Research and Therapy
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Editorial: Treating Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Young People: Challenges and Opportunities.
Journal article
Leigh E., (2023), J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 62, 621 - 623