Becky Appleton
beckyappleton.bsky.social
Becky Appleton
@beckyappleton.bsky.social
Mental health researcher in the Division of Psychiatry at UCL, netball player, and cricket fan.
We found potentially promising approaches to improve the early access, experience and outcomes of care. However, we found a lack of robust controlled studies and a need to identify which approaches work for which CYP. Watch this space for further papers which might help to fill these gaps!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Lovely news for a Monday morning - our systematic review on approaches to early intervention in common mental health problems has been published. This is the first in our large programme of work in the @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social on early intervention in youth mental health: rdcu.be/eRvcB
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Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Becky Appleton
A poll identifying the extent of mental health support needed for young people in Britain was commissioned by the UCL Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing, led by Professors Essi Viding (UCL PALS) and Argyris Stringaris (UCL Psychiatry).

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November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thank you!! Can't wait to get started 😄
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Becky Appleton, who has been awarded a prestigious NIHR fellowship to investigate which mental health services work best for young people and how to reduce inequalities in access and outcomes.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Good news to see in my inbox on a Monday morning - a new paper published with one of our brilliant @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social MSc students journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... exploring the barriers faced by CAMHS clinicians when discharging CYP from their services
May 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM