Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child development
- Parental illness
- Psychological treatment development and evaluation
- Social Psychiatry
Projects funded by NIHR, Palix Foundation, Prudence Trust, Wellcome, MRC, Aker Scholarship, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global.
Our mission is to promote the healthy mental and physical development of children and their families, irrespective of their life circumstances. We are working on improving mental health communication, and access to supports & services for children, adolescents and parents. This includes community and school-based provision as well as online and digital mental health interventions. Our work focuses on the implementation of school and community-based interventions.
OUR STUDIES
Our observational and experimental studies aim to understand the mechanisms underlying children’s development, and the impact of risk factors on child and family outcomes.
We use this to create effective and deliverable interventions to support children, families and healthcare professionals.
We have a number of active projects and initiatives that our team are working on and further information can be found in the links below.
child and adolescent mental health webinar / seminar series
Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Webinar Series is held every Tuesday at 12.15pm during term-time.
We host a wide variety of speakers who present a range of talks relating to Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
If you would like to attend these seminars (in person or online) or present as part of our series, please contact shreena.patel@psych.ox.ac.uk
Our team
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Mina Fazel
Professor (Chair) of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Louise Dalton
Associate Professor & Clinical Psychologist
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Elizabeth Rapa
Associate Professor
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Emma Soneson
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
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Holly Bear
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
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Shreena Patel
Research Group Administrator: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Gaby Illingworth
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
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Shona O'Leary
Research Group Administrator: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Amalie Schumann
DPhil student
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Tanya Manchanda
DPhil Student
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Alan Stein
Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Hinako Irei
DPhil Student
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Kate Stein
Academic Clinical Fellow, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Cecilia Hoedfeldt
Research Assistant
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Rohan Borschmann
VISITING ACADEMIC | PSYCHOLOGIST | PROFESSOR
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Charles Newton
Cheryl & Reece Scott Professor of Psychiatry
Subgroups
OxWell Student Survey and School Mental Health
We conduct the OxWell Student Survey (see specific webpage at link below) and work with schools, local authorities and mental health services, to work out how best to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Communication with Children about Life Threatening Conditions
One of the most daunting challenges is to tell a child that they or their parent has a life threatening condition. Our work focusses on developing evidence based guidelines to empower healthcare professionals, parents and children to navigate these emotionally difficult conversations.
Team Intervene: Focus on interventions for adolescent populations
Professor Mina Fazel is working with a team exploring different mental health interventions of relevance for young people.
The Oxford Brain Story
Our team is working in partnership with the Palix Foundation and Alberta Family Wellness Initiative to share knowledge about the science of brain development for families and professionals. The Story aims to articulate the intergenerational cycle of adversity within families and how we can use our scientific understanding to improve outcomes for children and adults in the future.
ACTIVE STUDIES
AADAPT
The AADAPT study is trying to find out whether a new way to support parents aged 16-24 years who are experiencing low mood and stress is helpful. We would like to see whether an online package of information and activities, supported by volunteer parents who were previously young parents themselves (Parent Buddies) is helpful.
OxWell Student Survey
We conduct the OxWell Student Survey and work with schools, local authorities and mental health services, to work out how best to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Oxford Talks
Announcements
In the news
The work of our group has been reported by news agencies around the globe.
Graduate Students
We welcome graduate students from a wide range of disciplines including medicine, neuroscience and psychology. The resources of the Department of Psychiatry, Oxford centre for Human Brain Activity and the University of Oxford provide a wide-range of training opportunities. To find out more about studying for a DPhil with the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry research group in the Department of Psychiatry, please contact us if you would like to view the link to our autumn 2024 webinar where we introduced the team, gave an overview of topics of interest within the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Group, and heard from DPhil students in the group.