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Overview

Cathy Creswell is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of work primarily situated in the field of Psychology, with extensive research in Clinical Psychology. Their research covers various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The core topics of Creswell's research focus on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, with a notable emphasis on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum. Other important themes in their work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes, as well as Early Childhood Education and Development. More recent research also addresses the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, and Family Support in Illness.

Recent published papers demonstrate a focus on mental health in young populations and related treatment approaches. These include:

  • "Why do children and adolescents (not) seek and access professional help for their mental health problems? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies," 2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents," 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • "Young people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • "Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science," 2020, British Journal of Psychology
  • "Demographic and health factors associated with pandemic anxiety in the context of COVID-19," 2020, British Journal of Health Psychology

Creswell has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Tessa Reardon, Polly Waite, Mara Violato, Claire Hill, and Michael Larkin.

Their scholarly work has appeared repeatedly in key publication venues related to child psychology and psychiatry, including the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, JCPP Advances, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, and Trials.

Best Publications

  • Why do children and adolescents (not) seek and access professional help for their mental health problems? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies

    Jerica Radez;Tessa Reardon;Tessa Reardon;Cathy Creswell;Peter J. Lawrence

  • Evidence from Turner's syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function

    D.H. Skuse;R.S. James;D.V.M. Bishop;B. Coppin

  • What do parents perceive are the barriers and facilitators to accessing psychological treatment for mental health problems in children and adolescents? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies

    Tessa Reardon;Kate Harvey;Magdalena Baranowska;Doireann O’Brien

  • The development of anxiety disorders in childhood: an integrative review

    L. Murray;C. Creswell;P. J. Cooper

  • Computerised therapies for anxiety and depression in children and young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Mary E Pennant;Christina E Loucas;Craig Whittington;Cathy Creswell

  • The effects of maternal social phobia on mother–infant interactions and infant social responsiveness

    Lynne Murray;Peter Cooper;Cathy Creswell;Elizabeth Schofield

  • Barriers to managing child and adolescent mental health problems: a systematic review of primary care practitioners’ perceptions

    Doireann O’Brien;Kate Harvey;Jessica Howse;Tessa Reardon

  • Threat interpretation in anxious children and their mothers: Comparison with nonclinical children and the effects of treatment

    Cathy Creswell;Carolyn A Schniering;Ronald M Rapee

  • Young people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Cathy Creswell;Adrienne Shum;Samantha Pearcey;Simona Skripkauskaite

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Offspring of Parents With Anxiety Disorders

    Peter J. Lawrence;Kou Murayama;Cathy Creswell

  • Research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science.

    Daryl B. O'Connor;John P. Aggleton;Bhismadev Chakrabarti;Cary L. Cooper

  • Assessment and management of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

    Cathy Creswell;Polly Waite;Peter J Cooper;Peter J Cooper

  • Therapygenetics: the 5HTTLPR and response to psychological therapy

    Thalia C Eley;Jennifer L Hudson;Cathy Creswell;Maria Tropeano

  • The Parental Overprotection Scale: Associations with child and parental anxiety

    Kiri Clarke;Peter Cooper;Catharine Creswell

  • Intolerance of Uncertainty, anxiety, and worry in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis.

    Nihan Osmanağaoğlu;Cathy Creswell;Helen F. Dodd

  • Individual Differences in Cognitive Planning on the Tower of Hanoi Task: Neuropsychological Maturity or Measurement Error?

    D.V.M. Bishop;G. Aamodt-Leeper;Cathy Creswell;R. McGurk

  • Family treatment of child anxiety: Outcomes, limitations and future directions

    Cathy Creswell;Sam Cartwright-Hatton

  • Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy: randomised controlled trial

    Kerstin Thirlwall;Peter Cooper;Jessica Karalus;Merryn Voysey

  • Demographic and health factors associated with pandemic anxiety in the context of COVID-19.

    Eoin McElroy;Praveetha Patalay;Bettina Moltrecht;Mark Shevlin

  • Clinical Predictors of Response to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: The Genes for Treatment (GxT) Study

    Jennifer L. Hudson;Robert Keers;Susanna Roberts;Jonathan R.I. Coleman

  • How did the mental health symptoms of children and adolescents change over early lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK?

    Polly Waite;Polly Waite;Samantha Pearcey;Adrienne Shum;Jasmine A. L. Raw;Jasmine A. L. Raw

  • Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

    Claire Hill;Polly Waite;Cathy Creswell

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Cooper
Peter J. Cooper University of Reading
Jennifer L. Hudson
Jennifer L. Hudson University of New South Wales
Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Kathryn J. Lester
Kathryn J. Lester University of Sussex
Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Lynne Murray
Lynne Murray University of Reading
Paul Stallard
Paul Stallard University of Bath
Sarah L. Halligan
Sarah L. Halligan University of Bath
Maaike H. Nauta
Maaike H. Nauta University of Groningen
Shirley Reynolds
Shirley Reynolds University of Reading

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