2024
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
Viding E, Lloyd A, Law R, Martin P, Lucas L, Wu T, Steinbeis N, Midgley N, Veenstra R, Smith J, Ly L, Bird G, Murphy J, Plans D, Munafo M, Penton-Voak I, Deighton J, Richards K, Richards M, Fearon P. 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. Trials 2024, 25: 143. PMID: 38395922, PMCID: PMC10885387, DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-07931-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health problemsPost-interventionPreventive interventionsCluster randomised controlled trialPrevent mental health problemsHealth problemsRates of mental health disordersCluster-randomised designCommunication skills trainingTransdiagnostic preventive interventionMental health disordersSchool year levelRandomised controlled trialsSubgroup of participantsDiscussionThis projectScalable interventionsEmotional processingFollow-upMental wellbeingWeekly sessionsFocus groupsHealth disordersGroup-basedAssessed pre-Individual sessionsBuilding resilience: Key to protecting adolescent mental health
Viding E, Fearon P, Wu T, Lloyd A, Lucas L, Law R, Smith J. Building resilience: Key to protecting adolescent mental health. Open Access Government 2024, 41: 184-185. DOI: 10.56367/oag-041-11194.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Developmental pathways from toddler difficult temperament to child generalized psychopathology and adult functioning
Wu T, Meehan A, Rijlaarsdam J, Maughan B, Fearon P, Barker E. Developmental pathways from toddler difficult temperament to child generalized psychopathology and adult functioning. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 301: 14-22. PMID: 34990631, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly difficult temperamentLate childhood/early adolescenceChildhood/early adolescenceDifficult temperamentMental health symptomsPositive parentingEarly adolescenceChild mental health symptomsDepressive symptomsLater mental health difficultiesRisk community sampleLow-risk community sampleChild mental health problemsImpaired psychosocial functioningMother-child dyadsMental health difficultiesOwn depressive symptomsChild difficult temperamentMental health problemsNegative parentingChildhood/adolescenceGeneral psychopathology factorGeneralized psychopathologyPsychosocial functioningAdult functioning
2020
The chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5
Hentges R, Graham S, Fearon P, Tough S, Madigan S. The chronicity and timing of prenatal and antenatal maternal depression and anxiety on child outcomes at age 5. Depression And Anxiety 2020, 37: 576-586. PMID: 32419282, DOI: 10.1002/da.23039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepression/anxietyMaternal depressionAge 5Maternal anxietyLarge prospective pregnancy cohortMaternal anxiety/depressionMaternal mental health problemsAntenatal maternal depressionProspective pregnancy cohortMaternal mental healthMother-child pairsClinical screening toolAnxiety/depressionChild outcomesMental health problemsWeeks' gestationPregnancy cohortYear postpartumPostpartum periodNumber of exposuresChild development outcomesDepression symptomsHealth problemsPoor child outcomesScreening tool
2017
The Herts and minds study: evaluating the effectiveness of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as an intervention for children in foster care with emotional and/or behavioural problems: a phase II, feasibility, randomised controlled trial
Midgley N, Besser S, Dye H, Fearon P, Gale T, Jefferies-Sewell K, Irvine K, Robinson J, Wyatt S, Wellsted D, Wood S. The Herts and minds study: evaluating the effectiveness of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as an intervention for children in foster care with emotional and/or behavioural problems: a phase II, feasibility, randomised controlled trial. Pilot And Feasibility Studies 2017, 3: 12. PMID: 28250962, PMCID: PMC5320756, DOI: 10.1186/s40814-017-0127-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentUsual clinical careHigh-quality researchControl feasibility trialFeatures of therapyBackgroundA significant proportionMental health problemsNHS Foundation TrustNICE guidelinesFeasibility trialBehavioral difficultiesTwo-armClinical careEffective treatmentSocial care systemsHealth problemsNew interventionsFoundation TrustCare systemTrialsVulnerable populationsDiscussionThis studyCarePhase IIChildren
2015
Social Science, Parenting and Child Development
Fearon P, Campbell C, Murray L. Social Science, Parenting and Child Development. 2015, 8-29. DOI: 10.1057/9781137269928_2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild developmentEarly child developmentMental health problemsPoor parental careParental mental illnessPsychological distressSocial maladjustmentDomestic violenceGrassroots campaignsOutright abuseAid programsSocial sciencesLack of accessPolicy statementsEducational dropoutHealthy developmentFundamental priorityMaladjustmentOptimal developmentCritical analysisNational initiativesGood theoryMental illnessCreative opportunitiesIntervention