Cognitive and behavioural Approaches to Mental health in Young people (CAMY)
- Anxiety
- Autism Spectrum
- Clinical Psychology, Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Depression & Mood Disorders
CAMY Group
About
The CAMY research group works to better understand the psychological processes involved in common mental health difficulties in young people and to use this understanding to develop and implement developmentally sensitive, targeted interventions. Within this, we are also working to improve our understanding of the persistence of these difficulties in neurodivergent young people in order to develop better treatments.
Research Themes
Our work addresses the following interconnected aims:
- Identify and understand cognitive and behavioural mechanisms associated with common mental health problems in young people
- Examine developmental variation in these mechanisms across the adolescent spectrum
- Develop valid, reliable and scalable measures of the mechanisms
- Explore interactions between these mechanisms and environmental contexts, including peer, family, and educational settings
- Understand if and how differences associated with neurodivergence relate to mechanisms and use this to inform treatment adaptations
- Apply mechanistic insights to the development of effective interventions
- Work with young people and families to ensure interventions are acceptable
- Partner with services and organisations so we can implement interventions faithfully and at scale, with training and supervision materials and models
Methods
We believe that careful integration of mixed methods in therapy innovation and evaluation is a good way to enhance our understanding of mechanisms, acceptability, and implementation. To this end, our team use a range of methods, including qualitative studies, cross-sectional and longitudinal, experimental studies, clinical trials, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Young People and Families
If you are interested in learning more about our work or how you can get involved, please visit our website or contact us at: camy@psy.ox.ac.uk.
A book about social anxiety and how to build confidence for young people is available here.
Want to learn more?
Please visit our website or individual team member profiles to learn more.
Our team
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Eleanor Leigh
Associate Professor
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Naomi Tromans
DPhil Candidate / Research Assistant
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Sophie Grant
DPhil Candidate
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Lottie Shipp
DPhil Candidate
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Nora Skjerdingstad
DPhil Candidate
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Sakshi Rajesh
DPhil (PhD) student
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Jiedi Lei
Paul Foundation Clinical Research Fellow
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Wren Talbot-Ponsonby
Research Assistant
