Research Library

For generations, harsh language directed at children has been minimised. However, available evidence suggests that childhood verbal abuse is among the most frequently reported forms of child maltreatment and might be increasing.

My Story and Me is a new digital public mental health intervention for girls and young women aged 14–18. This study aims to determine the acceptability of the intervention and future full trial.

This study presents a novel generative AI-based chatbot, MentiParent, designed to enhance Parental Reflective Functioning (PRF) through interactive, simulated parent-child interactions.

This study examined whether therapists from orientations that do not explicitly target mentalizing use interventions consistent with Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), and how their use compares with MBT-oriented therapy.

This study investigated how configurations of reflective functioning and epistemic trust differentiate patterns of internalising and externalising problems in youth.

This study investigated how attachment patterns and epistemic trust mediate the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among university students in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This paper offers reflections on efforts to address social determinants underlying poor wellbeing rates at the local level, drawing on learning from the co-design phase of Kailo, a research and design initiative.

Open Door created the Open Door Approach to Parenting Teenagers (APT), an individual parenting programme for clinically stressed parents of adolescents. This randomised evaluation is a continuation of the preliminary evaluation of APT.

This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and retention rates of universal parenting interventions for parents of adolescents and compare various intervention characteristics.