Alan Meehan
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2024
Revisiting the use of adverse childhood experience screening in healthcare settings
Danese A, Asmussen K, MacLeod J, Meehan A, Sears J, Slopen N, Smith P, Sweeney A. Revisiting the use of adverse childhood experience screening in healthcare settings. Nature Reviews Psychology 2024, 3: 729-740. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-024-00362-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse childhood experiences screenAdverse childhood experiencesImprove population mental healthMitigate adverse childhood experiencesPoor mental health outcomesPopulation mental healthMental health conditionsMental health decisionsMental health outcomesPublic health effortsDelivery of targeted interventionsModifiable risk factorsHealth outcomesMental illnessHealthcare settingsHealth effortsMental healthHealth decisionsHealth conditionsScreening measuresIntervention selectionImprove current practicesChildhood experiencesRisk factorsIndividual riskIndividualized prediction models in ADHD: a systematic review and meta-regression
Salazar de Pablo G, Iniesta R, Bellato A, Caye A, Dobrosavljevic M, Parlatini V, Garcia-Argibay M, Li L, Cabras A, Haider Ali M, Archer L, Meehan A, Suleiman H, Solmi M, Fusar-Poli P, Chang Z, Faraone S, Larsson H, Cortese S. Individualized prediction models in ADHD: a systematic review and meta-regression. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 29: 3865-3873. PMID: 38783054, PMCID: PMC11609101, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02606-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea under the curvePrediction model Risk Of Bias ASsessment ToolRisk of biasClinical predictorsMeta-RegressionClinical practiceLow risk of biasStudy risk of biasSystematic reviewRisk of bias assessment toolHigh risk of biasBias assessment toolDiagnosis of ADHDTreatment of ADHDPrediction model RiskTreatment responseExternally validated modelsLow riskHigh riskImplementation researchCognitive predictorsStudy qualityADHDAssessment toolStudy riskDoes Prospective Mental Imagery Predict Symptoms of Negative Affect and Anhedonia in Young People?
Hutchinson T, Riddleston L, Lavi I, Pile V, Meehan A, Shukla M, Lau J. Does Prospective Mental Imagery Predict Symptoms of Negative Affect and Anhedonia in Young People? Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2024, 57: 215-225. PMID: 38704800, PMCID: PMC12971848, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-024-01695-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProspective mental imageryMental imageryNegative affectSymptoms of negative affectCross-lagged panel modelEmotional mental imageryCross-lagged pathsAdolescent depressionAnhedoniaAffectLevels of attritionPanel modelStability pathsDiverse populationsTime pointsYoung peopleDepressionVividnessAdolescentsImageryPeopleAttrition
2023
Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People?
Hutchinson T, Riddleston L, Pile V, Meehan A, Shukla M, Lau J. Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People? Cognitive Therapy And Research 2023, 47: 168-180. PMID: 36779180, PMCID: PMC9899113, DOI: 10.1007/s10608-023-10352-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProspective mental imageryNegative affectPositive affectMental imageryReduced vividnessAssociated with increased negative affectSymptoms of negative affectAssociated with adolescent depressionSymptoms of anhedoniaEnhancing positive affectAssociated with increased symptomsAnhedonic symptomsPsychological treatmentAdolescent depressionPositive future imagesAnhedoniaRecent stressClinical populationsConcurrent relationshipsSelf-ReportImagery tasksVerbal techniquesAffectMental imagesYoung people
2021
Are biased interpretations of ambiguous social and non-social situations a precursor, consequence or maintenance factor of youth loneliness?
Lau J, Shariff R, Meehan A. Are biased interpretations of ambiguous social and non-social situations a precursor, consequence or maintenance factor of youth loneliness? Behaviour Research And Therapy 2021, 140: 103829. PMID: 33725566, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2021.103829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpretations of social situationsInterpretation styleCross-laggedMaintenance factorsYouth lonelinessCross-lagged panel modelSocial situationsMeasures of lonelinessNon-social situationsModel of lonelinessRestricted social activitiesConcurrent anxietyNon-socialTime 2Negative emotionsLonelinessWithin-variabilityPanel modelAnxietyDepressionYouthStyleTime pointsYoung peopleEmotions
2019
Assessing the content specificity of interpretation biases in community adolescents with persistent and interfering pain.
Lau J, Badaoui M, Meehan A, Heathcote L, Barker E, Rimes K. Assessing the content specificity of interpretation biases in community adolescents with persistent and interfering pain. Pain 2019, 161: 319-327. PMID: 31634340, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial-evaluative situationsBenign interpretationsNegative interpretationsSocial evaluationAdolescents' interpretationsEvaluative situationsContent-specificFactor analytic approachBodily harmCommunity adolescentsInterpretation biasThreat taskDepressive symptomsBodily sensationsGroup differencesFactor scoresInterference painInterpretation styleYoung peopleDevelopment of pain management strategiesGroup comparisonsSituation-specific factorsHarmful situationsBest-fit modelPain management strategies
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