2024
Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST trial), a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of the DISCOVER workshop for 16–18-year-olds: recruitment and baseline characteristics
James K, Lisk S, Payne-Cook C, Farishta Z, Farrelly M, Sheikh A, Slusarczyk M, Byford S, Day C, Deighton J, Evans C, Fonagy P, Saunders D, Sclare I, Shearer J, Stallard P, Weaver T, Yarrum J, Carter B, Brown J. Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST trial), a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of the DISCOVER workshop for 16–18-year-olds: recruitment and baseline characteristics. Trials 2024, 25: 302. PMID: 38702825, PMCID: PMC11069277, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08116-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool-based cluster randomised controlled trialWarwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing ScaleCluster randomised controlled trialRandomised controlled trialsSchools TrialEducational workshopsMental Wellbeing ScaleControlled trialsOutcome data collectionSymptoms of depressionEthnic minority groupsSecondary schoolsReduce stigmaBaseline characteristicsPost-randomisationWellbeing ScaleSelf-referralSelf-referredLower wellbeingStudentsDistressed studentsEthnically diverse sampleSchoolWorkshop programmeGeneral wellbeingImplementing and evaluating group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression in Lebanon and Kenya—individually randomised superiority trial
Fonagy P, Chammay R, Ngunu C, Kumar M, Verdeli L, Allison E, Anani G, Fearon P, Fouad F, Hoare Z, Koyio L, Moore H, Nyandigisi A, Pilling S, Sender H, Skordis J, Evans R, Jaoude G, Madeghe B, Maradian S, O’Donnell C, Simes E, Truscott A, Wambua G, Yator O. Implementing and evaluating group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression in Lebanon and Kenya—individually randomised superiority trial. Trials 2024, 25: 217. PMID: 38532432, PMCID: PMC10964704, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08039-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal depressionInterpersonal psychotherapyChild developmental outcomesMulti-site randomised controlled trialWomen's mental health needsStandard careEfficacy of interpersonal psychotherapyMaternal postnatal depressionMental health needsMental health concernsMiddle-income countriesRandomised controlled trialsDevelopmental outcomesHigh-income countriesAntenatal servicesChildbearing womenMother-child bondingRandomised superiority trialChildren's developmental progressHealth needsOffspring of womenMaternal depressionCommunity settingsLMIC contextsInterpersonal therapyClinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK
Bennett S, Cross J, Chowdhury K, Ford T, Heyman I, Coughtrey A, Dalrymple E, Byford S, Chorpita B, Fonagy P, Moss-Morris R, Reilly C, Smith J, Stephenson T, Varadkar S, Blackstone J, Quartly H, Hughes T, Lewins A, Moore E, Walji F, Welch A, Whelan E, Zacharia A, D'Oelsnitz A, Shah M, Xu L, Vezyroglou A, Mitchell K, Nizza I, Ganguli P, Shafran R. Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK. The Lancet 2024, 403: 1254-1266. PMID: 38461840, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02791-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic health conditionsMental health disordersUsual careMental health interventionsMental health difficultiesHealth conditionsHealth disordersHealth interventionsHealth difficultiesProgramme Grants for Applied Research programmeNational Institute for Health Research Programme Grants for Applied Research programmeTreating common mental health conditionsMICE groupPrimary mental health disorderYoung peopleMental health comorbiditiesMonths post-randomisationStudy inclusionMental health conditionsEvidence-based psychological treatmentsMental health treatmentMental health assessmentIntellectual disabilityParent-reported StrengthsParticipants aged 3
2009
A cluster randomized controlled trial of child‐focused psychiatric consultation and a school systems‐focused intervention to reduce aggression
Fonagy P, Twemlow SW, Vernberg EM, Nelson JM, Dill EJ, Little TD, Sargent JA. A cluster randomized controlled trial of child‐focused psychiatric consultation and a school systems‐focused intervention to reduce aggression. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2009, 50: 607-616. PMID: 19207633, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02025.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric consultationSchool-based anti-bullying programsPercent of childrenTrial of effectivenessSystem-focused interventionsTAU conditionOutcome measuresActive interventionSignificant decreaseTrialsInterventionBehavioral changesSchool childrenChildrenAnti-bullying programsElementary school childrenStudy conditionsConsultationDisturbed childrenSchool-wide interventionsYearsLegitimacy of aggression