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    Generalisation of Social Communication Skills by Autistic Children During Play-Based Assessments Across Home, School and an Unfamiliar Research Setting

    We investigated autistic children’s generalisation of social communication over time across three settings during a play-based assessment with different adults and explore the potential moderating effects on g...

    Sophie Carruthers, Tony Charman in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2024)

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    Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST trial), a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of the DISCOVER workshop for 16–18-year-olds: recruitment and baseline characteristics

    The Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST) is an England-wide school-based cluster randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of an open-access psychologi...

    Kirsty James, Stephen Lisk, Chloe Payne-Cook, Zamena Farishta, Maria Farrelly in Trials (2024)

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    Digital peer-to-peer support programme for informal caregivers of people living with motor neuron disease: study protocol for a multi-centre parallel group, single-blinded (outcome assessor) randomised controlled superiority trial

    Peer support is effective in improving psychological well-being of family caregivers of people with conditions such as dementia, cancer, and brain injury. However, there are limited data on effective psycholog...

    Louise Rose, Thilipan Thaventhiran, Esther Hobson, Rebecca Rogers, Kirsty James in Trials (2023)

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    Brief Educational Workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST): protocol for a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial of open-access psychological workshop programme for 16–18-year-olds

    Anxiety and depression are increasingly prevalent in adolescents, often causing daily distress and negative long-term outcomes. Despite the significant and growing burden, less than 25% of those with probable ...

    Stephen Lisk, Ben Carter, Kirsty James, Paul Stallard, Jessica Deighton in Trials (2022)

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    REACH-ASD: a UK randomised controlled trial of a new post-diagnostic psycho-education and acceptance and commitment therapy programme against treatment-as-usual for improving the mental health and adjustment of caregivers of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder

    Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability affecting over 1% of UK children. The period following a child’s autism diagnosis can present real challenges in adaptation for families. Twenty to 50% of caregivers s...

    Kathy Leadbitter, Richard Smallman, Kirsty James, Gemma Shields, Ceri Ellis in Trials (2022)

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    Correction to: Integrated GP care for patients with persistent physical symptoms: feasibility cluster randomised trial

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Meenal Patel, Kirsty James, Rona Moss-Morris, Mark Ashworth in BMC Family Practice (2020)

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    Integrated GP care for patients with persistent physical symptoms: feasibility cluster randomised trial

    Patients continue to suffer from medically unexplained symptoms otherwise referred to as persistent physical symptoms (PPS). General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in the management of PPS and require fur...

    Meenal Patel, Kirsty James, Rona Moss-Morris, Mark Ashworth in BMC Family Practice (2020)

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    Correction to: Persistent physical symptoms reduction intervention: a system change and evaluation in secondary care (PRINCE secondary) – a CBT-based transdiagnostic approach: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Trudie Chalder, Meenal Patel, Kirsty James, Matthew Hotopf, Philipp Frank in BMC Psychiatry (2020)

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    Persistent physical symptoms reduction intervention: a system change and evaluation in secondary care (PRINCE secondary) – a CBT-based transdiagnostic approach: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Persistent physical symptoms (PPS), also known as medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), affect approximately 50% of patients in secondary care and are often associated with disability, psychological distress a...

    Trudie Chalder, Meenal Patel, Kirsty James, Matthew Hotopf, Philipp Frank in BMC Psychiatry (2019)

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    Adjustment with aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial for SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR Befriending (SUPERB)

    Despite the high prevalence of mood problems after stroke, evidence on effective interventions particularly for those with aphasia is limited. There is a pressing need to systematically evaluate interventions ...

    Katerina Hilari, Nicholas Behn, Jane Marshall in Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2019)

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    Sex and Relationships Education for Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis: A Service-Based Approach

    Increasing life expectancy within cystic fibrosis (CF) raises challenges around previously neglected topics such as sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The study aimed to gather retrospective experiences of ...

    Emily Norris, Samantha Phillips, Catherine Butler, Kirsty James in Sexuality and Disability (2018)

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    Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Versus Pure Cognitive Behavioural Self-Help for Perfectionism: a Pilot Randomised Study

    This pilot study compared mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) with a self-help guide based on cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for university students experiencing difficulties due to perfectionism. Pa...

    Kirsty James, Katharine A. Rimes in Mindfulness (2018)