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Evidence Based Practice Unit @ebpu.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 New paper alert!
Adolescents’ Experiences of Risk and Protective Factors in Relation to Mental Wellbeing and Mental Health
New study identifies distinct support profiles shaping how 11–12 year olds handle challenges.
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
#Research #CYPMH

Frontiers | Adolescents' experiences of risk and protective factors in relation to mental wellbeing and mental health: a typology developed using ideal-type analysis

BackgroundThere is increased interest in adolescent wellbeing and the factors that increase or decrease the risk of mental health difficulties during adolesc...

www.frontiersin.org

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · 7d

Come and join us!

Evidence Based Practice Unit @ebpu.bsky.social · 12d

Our So What? seminars build the bridge between #evidence and practice in children and young people’s mental health.

Registration is free! Join us at 5.30pm on 27 November and hear about #research from the last year

www.annafreud.org/training/cou...

Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Sep 4

EBPU now on BlueSky. Give us a follow!

Evidence Based Practice Unit @ebpu.bsky.social · Sep 3

We're looking for young people & caregivers to help shape research into financial support for families with social care input 📣 Have your voice heard 📷 Join discussions 📷https://forms.office.com/e/FEqfy7ktmU 📷 Questions? [email protected] #SocialCare #Research

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Evidence Based Practice Unit @ebpu.bsky.social · Sep 3

We're looking for young people & caregivers to help shape research into financial support for families with social care input 📣 Have your voice heard 📷 Join discussions 📷https://forms.office.com/e/FEqfy7ktmU 📷 Questions? [email protected] #SocialCare #Research

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Anna Freud now on BlueSky!

annafreudcharity.bsky.social @annafreudcharity.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hi everyone! Welcome to our new BlueSky account.

For those who don't know us, we're a mental health charity and we've been supporting children and young people for over 70 years ⬇️

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Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) @corc-annafreud.bsky.social · Sep 3

A warm welcome back to #school to all teaching staff 😎
If you are planning to sign up for the Staff Wellbeing report for your school or education setting and get a report by end of October - the deadline for registering is 12 September. Details here: www.corc.uk.net/wellbeing-in...

#teachers

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Jul 11

🏆 Huge congratulations to Dr
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social (@uclpals.bsky.social) on winning The BJPsych Editor’s Choice Award!
Her winning paper reimagines translational science in ADHD & autism; centring the voices of neurodivergent youth.

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Ola Demkowicz @olademk.bsky.social · Jul 17

New report on understanding the drivers of declining youth mental health

To effectively respond to worsening mental health, we need to understand not just what is happening, but *why*

We used an evidence-based approach to unpack common explanations

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youthfuturesfoundation.org/publication/...

Understanding drivers of recent trends in young people’s mental health - Youth Futures Foundation

Research report exploring the reasons for the recent decline in mental health among 14 to 24-year-olds in England

youthfuturesfoundation.org

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jul 15

Very important report out today from the Youth Futures Foundation exploring factors accounting for escalating mental health problems in young people. Lead by fantastic colleagues from the University of Manchester (@olademk.bsky.social et al). Report here: youthfuturesfoundation.org/what-we-do/f...

Understanding young people’s declining mental health - Youth Futures Foundation

Exploring drivers of worsening mental health among 14-24 year olds through a first-of-its-kind study for England

youthfuturesfoundation.org

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ahh, love this Maria!

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy solstice

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Jun 4

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools have a small but significant effect in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, according to new analysis led by Dr @danhayesphd.bsky.social and Prof @jess-deighton.bsky.social (@uclpophealthsci.bsky.social, @uclbrainscience.bsky.social and Anna Freud)

Mental health sessions in schools can reduce depression and anxiety symptoms

Whole-class mental health sessions in schools have a small but significant effect in reducing depression and anxiety symptoms, according to new analysis led by researchers at UCL and Anna Freud.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Dan Hayes @danhayesphd.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 There’s a lot of debate at the moment around universal, interventions in schools. A thread 🧵

Our new meta-analysis, published today, shows they can work in reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/chi...

Findings discussed more below…

Frontiers | Universal, school-based, interventions to improve emotional outcomes in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

IntroductionThere is debate into the impact of universal, school-based interventions to improve emotional outcomes. Previous reviews have only focused on anx...

www.frontiersin.org

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Apr 29

The Department for Education also published a set of briefing papers and a technical report to accompany the research papers:
www.gov.uk/government/p...

And there are some resources available at Anna Freud:
www.annafreud.org/research/cur...

@jess-deighton.bsky.social @neilhumphrey.bsky.social

Education for wellbeing programme findings

Findings from evaluation of mental health interventions in schools.

www.gov.uk

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Apr 29

It is never really my work, but usually a team effort, but thanks for telling me 😅

More importantly:
This trial (INSPIRE) and its companion trial (AWARE) are now published and you can read and cite the #PrePrint papers, economic evaluations, #CACE analyses, and qualitative findings:
osf.io/kxug7/

Screenshot of a ResearchGate banner stating that an article has reached 40 citations on April 24, 2025

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Mar 12

Getting ready for our "Education for #Wellbeing" programme dissemination events in London (today) and Manchester (tmrw).

You can find event details, resources, and other important information (linked) here:
www.annafreud.org/research/cur...

#MentalHealth #Schools @jess-deighton.bsky.social

Screenshot from the linked web page:
Education for Wellbeing
Education for Wellbeing, led in partnership by mental health charity Anna Freud and UCL, tested five interventions and involved more than 30,000 primary and secondary school students.

Education for Wellbeing was a large-scale research programme, funded by the Department for Education, involving two randomised control trials. Through Education for Wellbeing, we evaluated a range of mental health and wellbeing interventions being delivered in primary and secondary schools. Our aim was to examine the impact of these approaches on children and young people’s mental health. The programme ran between 2018 and 2024. Across England, 32,655 pupils across 513 schools participated in Education for Wellbeing.

The Anna Freud Schools Division delivered the interventions within the programme and the Evidence-Based Practice Unit evaluated the approaches, examining their impact on pupils’ mental health and wellbeing.

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Bez Martin @bezmartin.bsky.social · Feb 12

We've been working hard to give young people's voices due weight in the mental health field.
Naz says that "this really levels the playing field in terms of power, because often young people don’t feel they have much of that."

Read her story here: orlo.uk/KeUnw

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Facts4Life @facts4life.bsky.social · Feb 11

🎤Great interview on BBC Radio 4 with @jess-deighton.bsky.social on building children’s resilience.💡

💬 Hear Jess speak about it on PM here at 48 minutes 32 seconds into the show: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

PM - 10/02/2025 - BBC Sounds

Afternoon news and current affairs programme

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Feb 10

All good thank you. I hope everything is well with you too. Really nice to find you on here!

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hi Shirley 😀 The findings relate to different interventions within the same trial. The radio interview referred to strategies for safety and wellbeing - an intervention that was found to be helpful. Other interventions included highlighted by Lucy were not found to be so helpful in the longer term

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thanks Lucy for sharing. There’s a lot to unpack in this research: positives and negatives. It’s important we pay attention to both. Agree it’s crucial we have this kind of robust long term research. We will have events in the coming weeks to talk through but here are the pre prints: osf.io/kxug7/

Education for Wellbeing

Education for Wellbeing was a research programme commissioned by the Department for Education (UK) to evaluate pioneering ways of supporting the mental wellbeing of pupils, by implementing and evaluat...

osf.io

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Feb 10

You can find the DFE briefings and technical report here:
www.gov.uk/government/p...

And you find #PrePrint papers for impact, implementation, qualitative & economics here:
osf.io/kxug7/

#PublicHealth #Schools #MentalHealth

Education for wellbeing programme findings

Findings from evaluation of mental health interventions in schools.

www.gov.uk

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our large scale mental health in schools trial findings are out now! Lots to dig into, and we’ll have events next month to talk through in more detail.

Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Feb 10

After collaborating with @jess-deighton.bsky.social @neilhumphrey.bsky.social @pravpatalay.bsky.social and many others since early 2017, the results of the "Education for Wellbeing" programme are out.

Top-level summary here
www.annafreud.org/research/cur...

#RCT #CACE #AnnaFreud #HealthEconomics

Education for Wellbeing
Education for Wellbeing, led in partnership by mental health charity Anna Freud and UCL, tested five interventions and involved more than 30,000 primary and secondary school students.

Education for Wellbeing was a large-scale research programme, funded by the Department for Education, involving two randomised control trials. Through Education for Wellbeing, we evaluated a range of mental health and wellbeing interventions being delivered in primary and secondary schools. Our aim was to examine the impact of these approaches on children and young people’s mental health. The programme ran between 2018 and 2024. Across England, 32,655 pupils across 513 schools participated in Education for Wellbeing.

The Anna Freud Schools Division delivered the interventions within the programme and the Evidence-Based Practice Unit evaluated the approaches, examining their impact on pupils’ mental health and wellbeing.

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Ola Demkowicz @olademk.bsky.social · Feb 10

A helpful breakdown of our recently published study exploring how girls make sense of rates of low mood and anxiety, from @pediatricskc.medsky.social drkristenstuppy.substack.com/p/adolescent...

Adolescent girls’ explanations of their high rates of low mood and anxiety

As a pediatrician, I often hear kids and teens say things like:

drkristenstuppy.substack.com

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Jess Deighton @jess-deighton.bsky.social · Jan 15

You too Maria!