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:
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Identifying key psychological mechanisms
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Increasing engagement and acceptability
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Reducing inadvertent harms from interventions.
Improving access to effective psychological interventions:
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Developing and testing screening approaches
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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://andyoxford.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/icats/
https://osiresearch.org.uk/osi-grows/
https://osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/
SOME OF OUR PAST ACTIVITY
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
Our team
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Cathy Creswell
Paul Foundation Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology
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Polly Waite
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research
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Tessa Reardon
Research Fellow
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Emily Lloyd
Head of Operations and Engagement
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Chloe Chessell
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Gemma Halliday
Research Clinical Psychologist
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Emily Day
Trial Coordinator
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Amy McCall
DPhil Candidate
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Beatrice Shelley
Communications and Network Coordinator
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Heather Dyer
Research Support
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Lucy Taylor
Senior Trial Manager / Project Manager
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Lucy Radley
DPhil Candidate / Research Assistant
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Emily Whitaker
DPhil Candidate / Research Assistant
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Carolina Guzman Holst
NIHR Research Fellow
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Helen Manley
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Layla Rashid
DPhil Candidate
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En-Nien Tu
DPhil Candidate
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Jennifer Wild
Visiting Professor of Experimental Psychology
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Siyu Zhou
DPhil Candidate
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Tara Vesey
Research Assistant
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Zoe Ryan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Clare Stothart
Research Assistant
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Simona Skripkauskaite
ESRC/ADR Fellow
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Eleanor Leigh
Associate Professor
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Charlotte Mason
DPhil Candidate
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Naomi Tromans
DPhil Candidate / Research Assistant
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Hjordis Lorenz
Research Clinical Psychologist
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Jasmine Laing
DPhil Candidate
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Gino Hipolito
DPhil Candidate
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Lottie Shipp
DPhil Candidate
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Maxwell Klapow
DPhil Candidate
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Sasha Johnston
DPhil Candidate
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Rebecca Davis
DPhil Candidate
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Jennifer Fisk
STAR-CAT Trial coordinator
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Lucy Foulkes
Prudence Trust Research Fellow
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Alex Lau-Zhu
MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow
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Lydia Munns
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Lucas Shelemy
Research Clinical Psychologist
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Nora Skjerdingstad
DPhil Candidate
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Laura Turpin
Research Assistant
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Isaac Winterburn
DPhil Candidate
