Professor KAPIL SAYAL's Outputs (9)

The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services: An updated systematic review (2025)
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Basheer, S., Tan, S. F., David, R., Majumder, P., & Sayal, K. (2025). The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services: An updated systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.70007

Background: Standardised Diagnostic Assessment (SDA) tools are designed to comprehensively evaluate various mental health disorders and support accurate diagnoses. While evidence for their routine use in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (C... Read More about The acceptability and effectiveness of standardised diagnostic assessment approaches in children and young people's mental health services: An updated systematic review.

Quantitative and Qualitative Outcomes of Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and their Caregivers – A Systematic Review (2025)
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Awoyemi, B., May, L., David, R., Majumder, P., & Sayal, K. (2025). Quantitative and Qualitative Outcomes of Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and their Caregivers – A Systematic Review. Adoption and Fostering, https://doi.org/10.1177/03085759251340

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Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is an approach of parent training developed to respond to child behavioural difficulties including aggression and risk-taking behaviours. NVR is offered in child and adolescent mental health services across... Read More about Quantitative and Qualitative Outcomes of Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and their Caregivers – A Systematic Review.

Clinical and cost effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT (2025)
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Sayal, K., Wyatt, L., Thomson, L., Holt, G., Ewart, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., Lang, A., Sprange, K., Partlett, C., Newman, K., Moody, S., Bould, H., Upton, C., Keane, M., Cox, E., James, M., & Montgomery, A. (in press). Clinical and cost effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT. Health Technology Assessment,

Post-intervention neuroimaging effects of psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting resilience in children and adolescents under psychological stress: A systematic review (2025)
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Jawahar, N., Jawahar, B., Sayal, K., & Auer, D. P. (2025). Post-intervention neuroimaging effects of psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting resilience in children and adolescents under psychological stress: A systematic review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 174, Article 106196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106196

Childhood and adolescence are neurodevelopmentally critical periods, during which psychological adversity can increase the risk of subsequent mental health difficulties. However, the increased neuroplasticity during this window also confers potential... Read More about Post-intervention neuroimaging effects of psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting resilience in children and adolescents under psychological stress: A systematic review.

Barriers and facilitators to using standardised diagnostic assessments in child and adolescent mental health services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial (2025)
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Thomson, L., Newman, K., Ewart, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., Lang, A., Sprange, K., & Sayal, K. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to using standardised diagnostic assessments in child and adolescent mental health services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02678-w

Background: The STADIA trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment tool (Development and Wellbeing Assessment, DAWBA) in aiding clinician-made diagnosis decisions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAM... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to using standardised diagnostic assessments in child and adolescent mental health services: a qualitative process evaluation of the STADIA trial.

Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study (2025)
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Burn, A.-M., Holland, J., Roe, J., Hopkin, E., Wild, L., Fisher, M., Ford, T., Nazir, S., Dubicka, B., James, A., Tuomainen, H., Fung, N., Wagner, A., Morriss, R., & Sayal, K. (2025). Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 11(2), Article e53. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.850

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Decision-making capacity (DMC) is key to capacity-based mental health laws. In 2017, Norway introduced a lack of DMC as an additional criterion for involuntary care and treatment to strengthen patient autonomy and reduce involuntary care.... Read More about Impact of young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards in England: a national qualitative study.

Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Patel, S., Patel, P., Boutry, C., Guo, B., Butler, D., Higton, F., McNaughton, R., Briley, P. M., Griffiths, C., Nixon, N., Prasad, V., Sayal, K., Smart, D., Zafar, A., Kai, J., & Morriss, R. (2025). Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial. Trials, 26(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-08772-3

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are widely regarded as the most powerful research design for evidence-based practice. However, recruiting to RCTs can be challenging resulting in heightened costs and delays in research completion and i... Read More about Opportunities and challenges to delivering a trial for depressive symptoms in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the Alpha-Stim-D randomised controlled trial.

An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females (2025)
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Williams, T., Horstmann, L., Kayani, L., Lim, A. X. H., Russell, A., Ford, T., John, A., Sayal, K., Thapar, A., Langley, K., & Martin, J. (2025). An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 171, Article 106064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106064

Previous studies examining sex differences in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have primarily examined total or subscale scores. This systematic review aimed to examine which symptoms contribute to the female presentation of ADHD at an... Read More about An item-level systematic review of the presentation of ADHD in females.

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Sayal, K., Wyatt, L., Partlett, C., Ewart, C., Bhardwaj, A., Dubicka, B., Marshall, T., Gledhill, J., Lang, A., Sprange, K., Thomson, L., Moody, S., Holt, G., Bould, H., Upton, C., Keane, M., Cox, E., James, M., & Montgomery, A. (2025). The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(6), 805-820. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14090

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Standardised Diagnostic Assessment tools, such as the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA), may aid detection and diagnosis of emotional disorders but there is limited real-world evidence of their clinical or cost effectiveness... Read More about The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties (STADIA); multi- centre randomised controlled trial.