This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re highlighting the importance of accessible, evidence-based support for autistic children 🔍
STAR-CAT is exploring whether an online, parent-led approach can improve outcomes for autistic children with anxiety problems 🖥️
Learn more ➡️ osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/
We're on a mission to learn more about excessive worry in young people, and how to help those who experience it. Could your school or youth organisation help? Register your interest here: tinyurl.com/2c4jm59p
Picuture showing forthcoming book, called 'Keep your hair on: understanding urges to pick, pull and bite' by Clare Mackay, which will be launched in April 2026
Big news!
I loved researching and writing this book, which is all about shedding the shame, and getting really curious about urges to pick, pull and bite.
I can't wait to share it with you! It's out on April 2nd, and is available to pre-order now.
#bfrb #bfrbs #bodyfocusedrepetitivebehaviors
With huge thanks to all authors - @pollywaite.bsky.social, @sakshirajesh.bsky.social, and Eleanor Leigh! @topicgroup.bsky.social (6/6)
It's not that there is a lack of trials including youth with GAD; instead, the problem is the availability of disorder-specific outcome data. As such, to better our understanding of each anxiety diagnosis in its own right, there is a need to improve reporting and data sharing practices… (5/6)
Following narrative synthesis, we concluded that there is preliminary evidence for psychological therapies increasing chances of remission for youth with primary GAD compared to waitlist, but we can’t yet tell how big this improvement is… (4/6)
Despite our search identifying 134 full texts, only 6 were eligible for inclusion in our narrative synthesis (just n = 217 participants). Three assessed psychological therapies that were tailored to GAD, and the remaining three were broad-stroke interventions for a range of anxiety disorders… (3/6)
We searched for peer-reviewed RCTs of psychological therapies for child and adolescent anxiety disorders. Importantly, studies were eligible only if data were available at the level of each individual anxiety diagnosis, as this allowed us to zoom in on outcomes for GAD specifically… (2/6)
Very pleased to share our latest paper - a systematic review of psychological therapies for primary Generalised Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents - which has recently been published in JCPP Advances. It’s available here doi.org/10.1002/jcv2..., or keep reading for the key messages! (1/6)
Sharing this incredible video by @claremackay.bsky.social explaining six things we should all know about body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs): youtu.be/Rkc-vpXJ8Bw?...
