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  • Young people’s views of social prescribing as an approach to improving mental health: A qualitative study

    Young people shared mixed views on social prescribing for mental health: many valued it as a non-medical option, while others worried it could replace therapy. Factors like access to resources influenced how helpful they felt SP could be.

    Authors: Olsson, A., Stapley, E., Russell, A. et al.

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  • Exploring attachment representations and traumatic re-enactment in foster children

    This study assessed attachment representations in 28 Danish foster children (ages 4–10) using the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP). Participants were enrolled in a trial comparing Mentalization-Based Family Therapy (MBT) to Care as Usual (CAU).

    Authors: Dalgaard, N. T., Reich, J. M., Jensen, J. K., et al.

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  • Exploring foster carers’ experiences of the assessment and feedback processes of children in their care

    This study explores perspectives of foster carers working at one UK-based independent fostering agency, Five Rivers Child Care (FRCC). The twofold study involved understanding foster carers’ perceptions both of routine assessments and subsequent feedback procedures.

    Authors: Hillman, S., Anderson, K., Demetri, C., et al.

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  • The efficacy of mentalization-based treatment for children with internalizing and externalizing problems: A randomized controlled trial

    This study compares MBT-C with PSSG, showing that while both had similar effects at 12 weeks, MBT-C was superior at 36 weeks in reducing problems and improving emotion regulation in parents and children. Further research is needed to confirm these findings.

    Authors: Halfon, S., Beşiroğlu, B., Bulut, P. et al.

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  • Prevention and treatment of social anxiety disorder in adolescents: mixed method randomised controlled trial of the guided online intervention SOPHIE

    This randomised controlled trial evaluated the guided online intervention SOPHIE for adolescents (N = 133; 11–17 years) with social anxiety disorder or subclinical social anxiety compared to care-as-usual control condition and qualitatively explored their experiences.

    Authors: Walder, N., Berger, T., Hürzeler, D., et al.

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  • Updates on digital mental health interventions for children and young people: systematic overview of reviews

    The findings suggest that digital interventions can be a valuable tool for supporting CYP. However, realising their full potential for all CYP may require more high-quality research utilising diverse theoretical underpinnings and targeting CYP with diverse backgrounds.

    Authors: Liverpool, S., Mc Donagh, C., Feather, J. et al.

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  • The development of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy process with a depressed adolescent: an empirical case study

    This study examines the psychotherapy process in short-term psychoanalytic treatment with a depressed adolescent, highlighting changes in the patient’s engagement and presentation over time, despite persistent depressive symptoms.

    Authors: Sharp, L., Thackeray, L., O’Keeffe, S. et al.

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  • Trial protocol for the Building Resilience through Socio-Emotional Training (ReSET) programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a new transdiagnostic preventative intervention for adolescents

    This study evaluates the 'ReSET' intervention, a preventative programme targeting emotion processing and social skills to reduce adolescent psychopathology, using a cluster-randomised design.

    Authors: Viding, E., Lloyd, A., Law, R. et al.

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  • Repairing alliance ruptures in psychodynamic psychotherapy with young people: The development of a rational-empirical model to support youth therapists

    This study developed an evidence-based model to guide psychodynamic therapists in flexibly and empathetically repairing alliance ruptures with depressed adolescents.

    Authors: Cirasola, A., Midgley, N., Muran, C., et al.

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