Dr Anna Roach, PhD
@annaroach.bsky.social
Research psychologist interested in child mental health, implementation and paediatric psychology. QI coach @ royal college psych and lecturer @ Anna Freud
❗New publication! Drop-in mental health services were set up for young people with physical health conditions at 6 paediatric hospitals in England. Accessing these services led to significant reductions in emotional & behavioural symptoms & improved quality of life link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Clinical effectiveness of drop-in mental health services in paediatric healthcare settings: a non-randomised multi-site study for children, young people and their families - BMC Health Services Resear...
Background Despite the high prevalence of mental health disorders in children and young people with long-term health conditions, access to timely and effective treatment is often difficult. This study...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
❗New publication! Drop-in mental health services were set up for young people with physical health conditions at 6 paediatric hospitals in England. Accessing these services led to significant reductions in emotional & behavioural symptoms & improved quality of life link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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📣 New Research! It took 6 years but we got there!
The STADIA trial reports…
What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months.
6 Headline findings… see below… (1/7)
The STADIA trial reports…
What we did: Large multi-centre #RCT with 1225 children and young people with emotional difficulties referred to #CAMHS across England, followed-up for 18 months.
6 Headline findings… see below… (1/7)
January 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Dr Anna Roach, PhD
Reposted by Dr Anna Roach, PhD
“universal school-based [mental health] prevention is less effective than targeted approaches, often leads to null or unsustained positive effects, has the potential to elicit negative effects and is not well liked by young people.”
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to improve mental health outcomes among young people. One approach taken to address this problem has been the design and delivery of universal school-based prevention, based o...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:58 AM
“universal school-based [mental health] prevention is less effective than targeted approaches, often leads to null or unsustained positive effects, has the potential to elicit negative effects and is not well liked by young people.”
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Dr Anna Roach, PhD
NEW ARTICLE: In this short piece, Jack Andrews and I argue that, based on the evidence we now have, the field should move away from universal school-based mental health interventions and focus on more effective alternatives
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
summary thread below:
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
summary thread below:
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
NEW ARTICLE: In this short piece, Jack Andrews and I argue that, based on the evidence we now have, the field should move away from universal school-based mental health interventions and focus on more effective alternatives
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
summary thread below:
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
summary thread below:
What an evening being shortlisted for the HSJ mental health innovation of the year for our Lucy project, providing access to mental health support for children with long term conditions ⭐️
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 PM
What an evening being shortlisted for the HSJ mental health innovation of the year for our Lucy project, providing access to mental health support for children with long term conditions ⭐️