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  • Caregiver Mentalizing and Child Emotional Regulation: A Novel Approach to Examining Bidirectional Impact

    This study investigated the link between a foster carer's ability to mentalize and how this impacted on the emotional regulation of a child they care for. It used detailed analysis of video recordings of interactions between one foster carer and one child in their care. This study used data from a project called the Relationship Stories study, that is part of the Reflective Fostering Study funded by the NIHR.

    Authors: Sprecher, E., Cresswell, C., Kerr-Davis, A., Sleed, M. & Midgley, N.

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  • Exploring Parental Perspectives on Dropout from Treatment for Adolescent Depression

    This study aimed to explore parents’ perspectives on why their adolescent children dropped out of therapy. Interviews with 12 parents whose adolescent children had dropped out of therapy were purposively selected from a larger dataset to explore their understanding of why their children had stopped going to therapy.

    Authors: Lord, H., O’Keeffe, S., Panagiotopoulou, E., Midgley, N.

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  • Lessons about adolescent unipolar depression from the Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies Trial.

    This paper summarizes the results of the Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies (IMPACT) study and its implications for psychological treatment of adolescents with moderate to severe unipolar major depression.

    Authors: Loades, M., Midgley, N., Herring, G., O’Keeffe, S., IMPACT Consortium, Reynolds, S. & Goodyer, I.

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  • Innovative moments in therapy of youth treated for depression: An exploratory study

    This study suggests that it is possible to code IMs, identified retrospectively, based on post-therapy interviews with adolescents. Meaningful differences were found between recovered compared to unchanged cases.

    Authors: Mende, F., Batista, J., O’Keeffe, S., Midgley, N., Herniques, M. & Gonçalves, M.

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  • Holding a Foster Child’s Mind in Mind: Study Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of Mentalization-based Therapy (MBT) for Foster Families

    This trial is the first experimental study of a family therapeutic intervention based on attachment theory for foster families within the Scandinavian context.

    Authors: Dalgaard, N., Villumsen, A.M., Sørensen, K., et al.

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  • Understanding change - Developing a typology of therapy outcomes from the experience of adolescents with depression

    Interview data from 83 participants from a clinical trial of the psychological treatment of adolescent depression was analysed using ideal type analysis.

    Authors: Choudhury, A., Lecchi, T. & Midgley, N.

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  • Emotion regulation in children (ERiC): A protocol for a randomised clinical trial to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) for school-age children with mixed emotional and behavioural difficulties

    The majority of children referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK will present with mixed emotional and behavioural difficulties, but most mental health treatments are developed for single disorders.

    Authors: Midgley, N., Mortimer, R., Carter, C., Casey, P., et al.

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  • So Young, So Sad, So Listen. A parents’ guide to depression in children and young people

    This book, written by two experts in child and adolescent mental health, describes how to recognise depression and what causes it; and provides guidance on how parents can support their child, including up-to-date advice on seeking professional help.

    Authors: Graham, P., Midgley, N.

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  • Essentials of Ideal-Type Analysis A Qualitative Approach to Constructing Typologies

    The book presents ideal-type analysis, a qualitative data analysis technique researchers may use to construct typologies. The authors ground the method in its sociological roots, clearly describe and illustrate the seven steps of ideal-type analysis, and base their discussion of the method's benefits and limitations on their own research experiences.

    Authors: Stapley, E., O'Keeffe, S., Midgley, N.

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