Emma Brooks
MSc
Research Assistant
I am currently working on the Co-CAT (Child Anxiety Treatment in the context of COVID-19) project in the TOPIC group. The project aims to establish whether an online parent intervention with therapist support (OSI) works as well as what teams offering mental health support are otherwise providing to help children (5-12 years old) with anxiety problems, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have previously worked on the iCATS project to improve identification of children with anxiety problems who may benefit from support through primary schools.
My research interests in general focus on common mental health difficulties young people experience and improving access to, and effectiveness of, psychological treatments. I have a specific interest in examining the relationship between sleep disturbances, anxiety and depression in young people.
Recent publications
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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, 11, 193 - 209
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A randomised controlled trial to compare clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online parent-led treatment for child anxiety problems with usual care in the context of COVID-19 delivered in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the UK (Co-CAT): a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Taylor L. et al, (2022), Trials, 23
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A randomised control trial to compare clinical and cost-effectiveness of an on-line parent-led treatment for child anxiety problems with usual care in the context of COVID-19 delivered in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK (Co-CAT): A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Preprint
Taylor L. et al, (2022)
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Cognitive therapy compared with CBT for social anxiety disorder in adolescents: a feasibility study.
Journal article
Creswell C. et al, (2021), Health Technol Assess, 25, 1 - 94
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Delivering cognitive therapy for adolescent social anxiety disorder in NHS CAMHS: a clinical and cost analysis.
Journal article
Leigh E. et al, (2021), Behav Cogn Psychother, 1 - 13