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  • Protocol for the Start for Life National Evaluation: what works, for whom, under what circumstances?

    The Start for Life programme aims to improve support through pregnancy and early childhood. This paper describes the national evaluation of the programme.

    Authors: Barlow J., Sleed M., Day L., et al.

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  • Forgotten grievers: what services can learn from families bereaved by youth-violence-related homicide

    This study explores the reported recommendations for the offer of care for families and members of the wider social network who have been bereaved by youth-violence-related homicide.

    Authors: Wallace-Hanlon, S., Green Stewart, K., Okafor-Sholaja, N., et al.

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  • Cost-effectiveness of a mentalization-based treatment for antisocial personality disorder (MBT-ASPD) in males on community probation

    This study provides preliminary evidence that MBT-ASPD plus 'probation as usual' may reduce aggression while offering value for money, compared with standard support alone.

    Authors: Barrett, B., Simes., E., Yirmiya, K., et al.

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  • Improving measurement of the mental wellbeing of adolescents with special educational needs: a Delphi study

    This study aimed to reach expert consensus on the priorities for improving wellbeing measurement in non-mainstream schools.

    Authors: Jeffery, M., C., Lereya, S., T., Powell, C., et al.

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  • User satisfaction with child and adolescent mental health services: factor structure of the Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ)

    Children and young people's mental health services are expected to track user satisfaction routinely, and the ESQ is increasingly being adopted worldwide. This study supports the continued use of the ESQ in services in the UK and Norway.

    Authors: Arnesen, Y., Handegard, B. H., Mathiassen, B., et al.

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  • Feedback-informed internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy for adolescents with depression: a trial that failed to recruit enough participants

    This study aimed to evaluate an adaptive, feedback-informed version of internet-delivered psychodynamic therapy for adolescents with depression. However, the study faced major recruitment difficulties and the trial was terminated early.

    Authors: Phillips, B., Mechler, J., Uckelstam., C. J., et al.

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  • On the way to school: co-producing pathways for implementing active mobility to school interventions

    This paper documents how researchers co-developed a practical framework to help cities in low-resource settings design and deliver safer, more effective school travel programmes that improve children’s physical activity and wellbeing.

    Authors: Oviedo, D., Wilches-Mogollon, M. A., Jose Arbelaez, M. et al.

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  • Betrayal trauma and adult mental health: The role of mentalizing and dissociation

    This cross-sectional study investigated associations between betrayal trauma during childhood and adulthood and adult psychopathology.

    Authors: Jańczak, M. O., Gagliardini, G., Kamza, A., et al.

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  • When teachers mentalize: A mixed-methods analysis of teacher responses to disruptive classroom behaviour

    Disruptive classroom behaviour remains a persistent challenge for teachers, peers, and students alike. Mentalization-based interventions have shown promise in addressing such behaviour.

    Authors: Chelouche-Dwek, G., Miracle, A., McHugh, B., et al.

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