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Overview

Alan Stein is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Stein's work addresses a range of topics related to maternal and child health, mental health, and early development. Some of the main topics of their research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Frequent publication venues for Stein include:

  • BMJ Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Among recent papers, notable titles include:

  • "Protecting the psychological health of children through effective communication about COVID-19," 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Effects of the Global Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions," 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Prevalence of anxiety and post-traumatic stress (PTS) among the parents of babies admitted to neonatal units: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study," 2021, BMJ Open
  • "Global estimates of the implications of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures for children's instructional access, development, learning, and economic wellbeing," 2021, Child Development

Stein collaborates frequently with other researchers. Some of the most frequent coauthors are:

  • Linda Richter
  • Fernando C. Barros
  • Shane A. Norris
  • Jere R. Behrman
  • Chunling Lu

Best Publications

  • Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child

    Alan Stein;Alan Stein;Rebecca M Pearson;Rebecca M Pearson;Sherryl H Goodman;Elizabeth Rapa

  • Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors.

    Mina Fazel;Ruth V Reed;Catherine Panter-Brick;Alan Stein

  • Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period

    Louise M Howard;Emma Molyneaux;Cindy-Lee Dennis;Tamsen Rochat

  • Paternal depression in the postnatal period and child development : A prospective population study

    Paul Ramchandani;Alan Stein;Jonathan Evans;Thomas G. O'connor

  • Maternal depression during pregnancy and the postnatal period: risks and possible mechanisms for offspring depression at age 18 years

    Rebecca M Pearson;Jonathan Evans;Daphne-Zacharenia Kounali;Glyn Lewis

  • The Socioemotional Development of 5‐year‐old Children of Postnatally Depressed Mothers

    Lynne Murray;Dana Sinclair;Peter Cooper;Pierre Ducournau

  • The mental health of refugee children

    M Fazel;A Stein

  • The relationship between post-natal depression and mother-child interaction.

    Alan Stein;Dennis H. Gath;Janet Bucher;Alison Bond

  • Depression in Men in the Postnatal Period and Later Child Psychopathology: A Population Cohort Study

    Paul G. Ramchandani;Alan Stein;Thomas G. O'connor;Jon Heron

  • Association of Persistent and Severe Postnatal Depression With Child Outcomes.

    Elena Netsi;Rebecca M. Pearson;Lynne Murray;Lynne Murray;Lynne Murray;Peter Cooper;Peter Cooper;Peter Cooper

  • Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors

    Ruth V Reed;Mina Fazel;Lynne Jones;Catherine Panter-Brick

  • Protecting the psychological health of children through effective communication about COVID-19.

    Louise Dalton;Elizabeth Rapa;Alan Stein

  • Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa : randomised controlled trial

    Peter J Cooper;Mark Tomlinson;Leslie Swartz;Mireille Landman

  • Clinical and Psychological Course of Diabetes From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study

    Kathryn S. Bryden;Robert C. Peveler;Alan Stein;Andrew Neil

  • Postnatal depression and its effects on child development: a review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries

    Christine E Parsons;Katherine S Young;Tamsen J Rochat;Morten L Kringelbach

  • The Cognitive Development of 5-Year-Old Children of Postnatally Depressed Mothers

    Lynne Murray;Alison Hipwell;Richard Hooper;Alan Stein

  • Interactions between mothers and infants: impact of maternal anxiety.

    Rosemary Nicol-Harper;Allison G. Harvey;Allison G. Harvey;Alan Stein

  • A specific and rapid neural signature for parental instinct

    Morten L. Kringelbach;Annukka Lehtonen;Sarah E. Squire;Allison G Harvey

  • An Observational Study of Mothers with Eating Disorders and Their Infants

    Alan Stein;Helen Woolley;Sandra D. Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • The effects of pre- and postnatal depression in fathers: a natural experiment comparing the effects of exposure to depression on offspring

    Paul G Ramchandani;Thomas G O'Connor;Jonathan Evans;Jon E Heron

  • Effects of the Global Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions.

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Alice J. Wuermli;Pia Rebello Britto;Benard Dreyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Katherine S. Young
Katherine S. Young King's College London
Paul Ramchandani
Paul Ramchandani University of Cambridge
Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Linda Richter
Linda Richter University of the Witwatersrand
Michelle G. Craske
Michelle G. Craske University of California, Los Angeles
Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford
Fernando C. Barros
Fernando C. Barros Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Kathy Sylva
Kathy Sylva University of Oxford

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