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Overview

Clara Strauss is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, psychiatry and mental health, and experimental and cognitive psychology. Their research activity encompasses multiple intersecting areas within mental health and psychological interventions.

The main topics Clara Strauss has contributed to include:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Clara Strauss's recent publications illustrate engagement with mindfulness-based and cognitive therapy approaches for mental health and stress reduction. Selected works include:

  • "Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Interoceptive training to target anxiety in autistic adults (ADIE): A single-center, superiority randomized controlled trial," 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • "Can a little bit of mindfulness do you good? A systematic review and meta-analyses of unguided mindfulness-based self-help interventions," 2021, Clinical Psychology Review
  • "Reducing stress and promoting well-being in healthcare workers using mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for life," 2021, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
  • "Health Care Workers' Need for Headspace: Findings From a Multisite Definitive Randomized Controlled Trial of an Unguided Digital Mindfulness-Based Self-help App to Reduce Healthcare Worker Stress," 2022, JMIR mhealth and uhealth

Their collaborative work is reflected through frequent co-authors, including:

  • Kate Cavanagh
  • Anna-Marie Jones
  • Mark Hayward
  • Claire Rosten
  • L. Lea

Publications by Clara Strauss often appear in several key academic journals and venues, notably:

  • Mindfulness
  • Trials
  • Research Square
  • Scientific Reports
  • Schizophrenia Research

Best Publications

  • How do mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction improve mental health and wellbeing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mediation studies

    Jenny Gu;Clara Strauss;Rod Bond;Kate Cavanagh

  • What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures

    Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Billie Lever Taylor;Jenny Gu;Willem Kuyken

  • Mindfulness-based interventions for people diagnosed with a current episode of an anxiety or depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

    Clara Strauss;Kate Cavanagh;Annie Oliver;Danelle Pettman

  • A randomised controlled trial of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention

    Kate Cavanagh;Clara Strauss;Francesca Cicconi;Natasha Griffiths

  • Can mindfulness and acceptance be learnt by self-help?: a systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness and acceptance-based self-help interventions.

    Kate Cavanagh;Clara Strauss;Lewis Forder;Fergal Jones

  • Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression.

    Jenny Gu;Clara Strauss;Catherine Crane;Thorsten Barnhofer

  • Psychological Therapies for Auditory Hallucinations (Voices): Current Status and Key Directions for Future Research

    Neil Thomas;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward;Emmanuelle Peters;Emmanuelle Peters;Mark van der Gaag

  • The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in the Perinatal Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Billie Lever Taylor;Kate Cavanagh;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss

  • Mindfulness- And Acceptance-Based Interventions for Psychosis: Our Current Understanding and a Meta-Analysis

    Stephanie Louise;Molly Fitzpatrick;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Susan L. Rossell

  • Development and Psychometric Properties of the Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scales (SOCS):

    Jenny Gu;Ruth A. Baer;Ruth A. Baer;Kate Cavanagh;Willem Kuyken

  • Group mindfulness-based intervention for distressing voices: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Paul Chadwick;Clara Strauss;Anna Marie Jones;David Kingdon

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of low intensity CBT for psychosis.

    Cassie M. Hazell;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward;Kate Cavanagh;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss

  • Relating Therapy for distressing auditory hallucinations: A pilot randomized controlled trial

    Mark Hayward;Anna-Marie Jones;Leanne Bogen-Johnston;Neil Thomas

  • Better Than Mermaids and Stray Dogs? Subtyping Auditory Verbal Hallucinations and Its Implications for Research and Practice

    Simon McCarthy-Jones;Neil Thomas;Clara Strauss;Guy Dodgson

  • A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention in a Non-clinical Population: Replication and Extension.

    Kate Cavanagh;Alasdair Churchard;Puffin O’Hanlon;Thomas Mundy

  • Group person-based cognitive therapy for distressing voices: Pilot data from nine groups.

    Laura Dannahy;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Wendy Turton

  • The effectiveness of self-help mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in a student sample: a randomised controlled trial.

    Billie Lever Lever Taylor;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Kate Cavanagh;Fergal Jones;Fergal Jones

  • Interoceptive training to target anxiety in autistic adults (ADIE): A single-center, superiority randomized controlled trial.

    Lisa Quadt;Lisa Quadt;Sarah N Garfinkel;Sarah N Garfinkel;James S Mulcahy;Dennis Eo Larsson;Dennis Eo Larsson;Dennis Eo Larsson

  • An empirical examination of the factor structure of compassion.

    Jenny Gu;Kate Cavanagh;Ruth A. Baer;Ruth A. Baer;Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss

  • The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in Real-World Healthcare Services

    Alice Tickell;Susan Ball;Paul Bernard;Willem Kuyken

  • Can we respond mindfully to distressing voices? A systematic review of evidence for engagement, acceptability, effectiveness and mechanisms of change for mindfulness-based interventions for people distressed by hearing voices

    Clara Strauss;Clara Strauss;Neil Thomas;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Hayward
Mark Hayward University of Sussex
Kate Cavanagh
Kate Cavanagh University of Sussex
Neil Thomas
Neil Thomas Swinburne University of Technology
Ruth A. Baer
Ruth A. Baer University of Kentucky
Willem Kuyken
Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Simon McCarthy-Jones
Simon McCarthy-Jones Trinity College Dublin
Katherine Berry
Katherine Berry University of Manchester
Susan L. Rossell
Susan L. Rossell Swinburne University of Technology
Tania M. Lincoln
Tania M. Lincoln Universität Hamburg
Paul Chadwick
Paul Chadwick University of Bath

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