Past research projects
Our archive of past research projects showcases the breadth and depth of Anna Freud’s research over the years. These studies span infancy, childhood, and adolescence, covering topics from attachment and parenting to mental health, education, and intervention effectiveness.
Explore our past research projects
The past research projects page provides access to completed studies, evaluations, and trials that have shaped understanding in areas such as child and adolescent mental health, attachment, trauma, and educational wellbeing.
It includes clinical interventions, longitudinal studies, and evaluations of programmes in schools, social care, and healthcare settings. Users can explore individual projects to learn about their aims, methodology, and key findings, offering a rich resource for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers.
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Adolescent Thoughts and Feelings Project (ATFP)
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An exploration of different approaches to measuring attachment in middle childhood
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Attachment: Twins Early Development Study (TEDS)
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BERRI - Improving Outcomes for Children (a clinical evaluation tool)
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Community F:CAMHS
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Emotional Stimulation in the Context of Emergency Food Intervention
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Evaluation of New Beginnings: An attachment-based intervention for parents and infants
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Evaluation of parent-infant psychotherapy training and supervision for staff delivering baby groups in Luton
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Experiences of a digital peer support app
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Herts and Minds: mentalization based treatment for children in foster care
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Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies (IMPACT)
Around one in ten young people referred to CAMHS is diagnosed with depression, with lasting risks into adulthood. The IMPACT trial responds to NICE guidance by evaluating CBT and short-t...
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Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies - My Experience (IMPACT-ME)
IMPACT-ME explores how adolescents and their families experience recovery from severe depression, capturing perspectives of young people, parents, and therapists to understand what suppo...
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Minding the Baby
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Nurturing change (VIPP Foster Care Study)
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Parent-infant psychotherapy baby clinic groups
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Parent-infant psychotherapy: randomised controlled trial
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Parent perceptions of the Parent Consultation Service (PCS)
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Precision Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Randomised Evaluation of Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (REDIT)
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Services for Teens Engaging in Problem Sexual Behaviour (STEPS-B)
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START EEG
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Systemic Therapy for At Risk Teens (START)
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Tellmi evaluation
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The Child Attachment Interview
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The Circle of Security Intervention (COSI) Study
The COSI study tested whether the Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) programme is a helpful and acceptable way for NHS perinatal mental health services to support mothers, birthing par...
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The Framework for Integrated Care (SECURE STAIRS)
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The HeadStart Learning Programme
The Evidence Based Practice Unit leads the national evaluation of HeadStart. Together with our partners, we evaluate and share learning from the HeadStart programme.
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The Health Education England (HEE) Manchester Children's homes project
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The INTEGRATE report
The INTEGRATE report outlines a practical approach to integrating psychological support for common mental health difficulties during pregnancy and after birth within universal services.
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The Internal Representations of Children and Adolescents in Care
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The impact of maltreatment on child development: Using neuroimaging approaches to investigate risk and resilience
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The Mercers' Wellbeing Evaluation Programme
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A randomized Controlled Trial of Mentalization Based Therapy against Specialist Supportive Clinical Management in patients with both Eating Disorders and symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder - The NOURISHED Study
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The Reflective Fostering Study
The Reflective Fostering Study evaluated whether the Reflective Fostering Programme is more effective and cost-effective than the usual support provided for foster and kinship carers.
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The socioeconomic impact of childhood adversity
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The Supporting Parents Project
This project evaluates the Lighthouse Parenting Programme (LPP), a mentalization-based intervention for parents involved in children’s social care. Building on positive pilot findings, i...
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U-Change: Understanding and Characterising Health Adolescent-to-Adult Neurodevelopmental Growth Effects
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What Happened Next: Outcomes of children in care (WHN)
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World Awareness for Children in Trauma
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Youth Intensive Psychological Practitioner (YIPP)
Anna Freud has been commissioned to undertake an independent evaluation of the YIPP pilot.