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TOPIC Research Group

The TOPIC Research Group is focused on optimising psychological interventions for the prevention and treatment of common mental health problems in children and adolescents.

Contact us: topicgroup@psych.ox.ac.uk | Connect with us: @topicgroup.bsky.social

Our Focus

Improving outcomes from psychological interventions for children and adolescents:

  • Identifying key psychological mechanisms

  • Increasing engagement and acceptability

  • Reducing inadvertent harms from interventions.

Improving access to effective psychological interventions:

  • Developing and testing screening approaches

  • Increasing efficiency of interventions.

Our Approach

To maximise the impact and effectiveness of our research, we work closely with a diverse range of partners including:

  • Children, adolescents, and their parents/carers
  • Schools
  • Health and social care providers
  • Voluntary and community sector organisations
  • Industry partners
  • Policy makers.

We share our protocols, data, and code where possible, using sits including Prospero, OSF, and the UK Data Service.

Our Methods

We use a broad range of methods including:

  • Co-design approaches
  • Qualitative research
  • Experimental studies
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
  • Clinical studies, including case series, feasibility, and pilot trials
  • Randomised controlled trials.

SOME OF OUR CURRENT ACTIVITY

https://mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/

https://mhid.org.uk/

https://andyoxford.mhid.org.uk/

https://wisdom.mhid.org.uk/

https://mhid.org.uk/parent-carer-research-network/

https://www.arc-oxtv.nihr.ac.uk/our_work/Mental_health_across_the_life_course

https://osiresearch.org.uk/

https://osiresearch.org.uk/icats/

https://osiresearch.org.uk/osi-grows/                                                  

https://osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/

 SOME OF OUR PAST ACTIVITY

https://cospaceoxford.org/

https://emergingminds.org.uk/

https://mcpin.org/projects-programmes/mentalhealthresearchmatters/

https://osiresearch.org.uk/my-cats/

https://osiresearch.org.uk/co-cat/

 SOME OF OUR outputs  FOR THE PUBLIC

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451093/coming-of-age-by-foulkes-lucy/9781847927293

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452335/what-mental-illness-really-is-and-what-it-isnt-by-lucy-foulkes/9781529113372

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/eleanor-leigh/overcoming-social-anxiety-and-building-self-confidence/9781472147417/

https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cathy-creswell/helping-your-child-with-fears-and-worries-2nd-edition/9781472138613/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our team

Selected publications

Related research themes

Social & Affective Psychology
Psychological and Brain Health
Developmental Psychology
Behavioural Neuroscience
Perception and Cognition