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Understanding the Impact of Home Confinement on Children and Young People with ADHD and ASD During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2023)
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Hall, C. L., Partlett, C., Valentine, A. Z., Pearcey, S., & Sayal, K. (2023). Understanding the Impact of Home Confinement on Children and Young People with ADHD and ASD During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 55(5), 1279-1293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01490-w

To understand whether the mental health of children and young people (CYP) with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were differentially affected by COVID-19. We analysed data (n = 6507) fr... Read More about Understanding the Impact of Home Confinement on Children and Young People with ADHD and ASD During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Online Parent Training for The Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA): the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a digital parenting intervention implemented to support parents and children on a treatment waitlist (2022)
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Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Ballard, C., Byford, S., Cortese, S., Daley, D., Downs, J., French, B., Glazebrook, C., Goldsmith, K., Hall, C. L., Hedstrom, E., Kovshoff, H., Kreppner, J., Lean, N., Sayal, K., Shearer, J., Simonoff, E., Thompson, M., & Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S. (2022). Online Parent Training for The Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA): the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a digital parenting intervention implemented to support parents and children on a treatment waitlist. Trials, 23(1), Article 1003. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06952-z

Background: Children referred for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often present with a broader pattern of conduct problems including oppositionality and defiance. This combination can be extremely stressful to parents, lower parents’... Read More about Online Parent Training for The Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA): the protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a digital parenting intervention implemented to support parents and children on a treatment waitlist.

Investigating the relationship between bullying involvement and self-harmful thoughts and behaviour in young people: A systematic review (2022)
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Moore, H., Sayal, K., Williams, A. J., & Townsend, E. (2022). Investigating the relationship between bullying involvement and self-harmful thoughts and behaviour in young people: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 315, 234-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.056

Background: There is a complex and inconsistent relationship between bullying involvement and self-harmful thoughts and behaviour (SHTB) in young people. This novel systematic review aims to establish key interacting, moderating and mediating variabl... Read More about Investigating the relationship between bullying involvement and self-harmful thoughts and behaviour in young people: A systematic review.

Age within schoolyear and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland and Wales (2022)
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Fleming, M., Bandyopadhyay, A., Mclay, J. S., Clark, D., King, A., Mackay, D. F., Lyons, R. A., Sayal, K., Brophy, S., & Pell, J. P. (2022). Age within schoolyear and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland and Wales. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1070. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13453-w

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Previous studies suggest an association between age within schoolyear and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Scotland and Wales have different school entry cut-off dates (six months apart) and policies on holding back childr... Read More about Age within schoolyear and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in Scotland and Wales.

STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and young people with emotional difficulties (STADIA): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2022)
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Day, F., Wyatt, L., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Ewart, C., Gledhill, J., James, M., Lang, A., Marshall, T., Montgomery, A., Reynolds, S., Sprange, K., Thomson, L., Bradley, E., Lathe, J., Newman, K., Partlett, C., Starr, K., & Sayal, K. (2022). STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and young people with emotional difficulties (STADIA): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 12(5), Article e053043. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053043

INTRODUCTION: Emotional disorders (such as anxiety and depression) are associated with considerable distress and impairment in day-to-day function for affected children and young people and for their families. Effective evidence-based interventions a... Read More about STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and young people with emotional difficulties (STADIA): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial) (2022)
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Patel, S., Boutry, C., Patel, P., Craven, M. P., Guo, B., Zafar, A., Kai, J., Smart, D., Butler, D., Higton, F., McNaughton, R., Briley, P. M., Griffiths, C., Nixon, N., Sayal, K., & Morriss, R. (2022). A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial). Trials, 23(1), Article 250. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06192-1

Background: Major depression is the second leading cause of years lost to disability worldwide and is a leading contributor to suicide. However, first-line antidepressants are only fully effective for 33%, and only 40% of those offered psychological... Read More about A randomised controlled trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Alpha-Stim AID cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) in patients seeking treatment for moderate severity depression in primary care (Alpha-Stim-D Trial).

The feasibility of a strategy for the remote recruitment, consenting and assessment of recent referrals: a protocol for phase 1 of the On-Line Parent Training for the Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA) (2022)
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Kostyrka-Allchorne, K., Ballard, C., Byford, S., Cortese, S., Daley, D., Downs, J., French, B., Glazebrook, C., Goldsmith, K., Groom, M. J., Hall, C. L., Hedstrom, E., Ibrahim, Z., Jarvis, C., Kovshoff, H., Kreppner, J., Lean, N., Morris, A., Gutierrez, W. M., Sayal, K., …Sonuga-Barke, E. J. (2022). The feasibility of a strategy for the remote recruitment, consenting and assessment of recent referrals: a protocol for phase 1 of the On-Line Parent Training for the Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00959-0

Background: In the UK, children with high levels of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention referred to clinical services with possible attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often wait a long time for specialist diagnostic assessment. Pa... Read More about The feasibility of a strategy for the remote recruitment, consenting and assessment of recent referrals: a protocol for phase 1 of the On-Line Parent Training for the Initial Management of ADHD referrals (OPTIMA).

Optimising medication management in children and young people with ADHD using a computerised test (QbTest): a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Williams, L., Hall, C. L., Brown, S., Guo, B., James, M., Franceschini, M., Clarke, J., Selby, K., Vijayan, H., Kulkarni, N., Brown, N., Sayal, K., Hollis, C., & Groom, M. J. (2021). Optimising medication management in children and young people with ADHD using a computerised test (QbTest): a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00788-1

Background
Medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be closely monitored to ensure optimisation. There is growing interest in using computerised assessments of ADHD symptoms to support medication monitoring. The aim of t... Read More about Optimising medication management in children and young people with ADHD using a computerised test (QbTest): a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

What young people say about impulsivity in the short-term build up to self-harm: A qualitative study using card-sort tasks (2020)
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Lockwood, J., Townsend, E., Allen, H., Daley, D., & Sayal, K. (2020). What young people say about impulsivity in the short-term build up to self-harm: A qualitative study using card-sort tasks. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0244319. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244319

Youth who self-harm report high levels of trait impulsivity and identify impulsive behaviour as a proximal factor directly preceding a self-harm act. Yet, impulsivity is a multidimensional construct and distinct impulsivity-related facets relate diff... Read More about What young people say about impulsivity in the short-term build up to self-harm: A qualitative study using card-sort tasks.

The transition from children’s services to adult services for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the CATCh-uS mixed-methods study (2020)
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Janssens, A., Eke, H., Price, A., Newlove-Delgado, T., Blake, S., Ani, C., Asherson, P., Beresford, B., Emmens, T., Hollis, C., Logan, S., Paul, M., Sayal, K., Young, S., & Ford, T. (2020). The transition from children’s services to adult services for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the CATCh-uS mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 8(42), 1-154. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08420

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was previously seen as a childhood developmental disorder, so adult mental health services were not set up to support attention deficit hyperactivity disorder patients who became too old for child... Read More about The transition from children’s services to adult services for young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: the CATCh-uS mixed-methods study.