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  • Universal, school-based approaches for depressive symptoms and mental health literacy

    The aim of the Approaches for Well-being and Mental Health Literacy: Research in Education (AWARE) trial was to evaluate two universal, school-based interventions that previously yielded evidence of impact in other countries: Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) and The Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide (The Guide).

    Authors: Deighton, J., Hayes, D., Thompson, A., et al.

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  • Cost-effectiveness of school-based interventions for wellbeing and mental health literacy of Year 9 pupils in England

    This recent paper, published as part of the AWARE trial, explores whether two school-based mental health programmes - Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) and The Guide - offer value for money.

    Authors: Zhang, K., King, D., Boehnke, J., et al.

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  • School staff experiences of implementing five universal mental health interventions

    This study explored what school staff felt helped or hindered the delivery of five school-based mental health programmes, and what could affect how well they worked.

    Authors: Stapley, E., March, A., Mansfield, R., et al.

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  • Do school mental health programmes work better when delivered in full? Findings from two UK trials

    School-based mental health programmes are not always delivered in full. This study used a statistical approach to explore whether completing the programme affected how well it worked.

    Authors: Knowles, C., Thornton, E., Panayiotou, M. 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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  • Inherent commonalities between arts-based leisure activities and psychological therapies

    This paper examines how engagement in arts-based leisure activities can support the cognitive, emotional, social and behavioural processes linked to mental health conditions. It highlights similarities with psychological therapies.

    Authors: Fancourt D., Karkou V., Fonagy P.

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  • Epistemic trust and Mentalization-Based Treatment for parents: a theory-testing case study

    This study examines how a specialised therapy programme helped a parent who often deeply distrusted the guidance and support of others, due to past trauma and mental ill-health.

    Authors: Watson, P., Fiorini, G., McGuire, R. et al.

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  • Cost-utility analysis of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme to reduce perinatal psychopathology in birthing parents in England

    This study aimed to estimate the cost-utility of COS-P plus treatment as usual (TAU) relative to TAU among mothers and birthing parents receiving NHS perinatal mental health services (PMHS) in England.

    Authors: Wang, J., Pizzo, E., Rosan, C., et al.

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  • Acceptability of Circle of Security-Parenting groups in NHS community perinatal mental health services in England

    This qualitative study analysed the perspectives of parents and practitioners in the intervention arm of a wider randomised controlled trial.

    Authors: Darwin, Z., Richards, L., Clarke, A., et al.

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