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36
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5310
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9534
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940

Jessica Deighton publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jessica Deighton sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 140 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Jessica Deighton D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jessica Deighton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jessica Deighton is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, social sciences, and health professions, with a concentration in clinical psychology, education, general health professions, speech and hearing, and social psychology.

Their work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Adolescent and pediatric healthcare
  • Child abuse and trauma
  • Resilience and mental health
  • Youth substance use and school attendance
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Recent publications by Jessica Deighton encompass various aspects of adolescent mental health and intervention strategies. Notable papers include:

  • "Gender difference in the change of adolescents' mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories" (2022), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Effectiveness of current psychological interventions to improve emotion regulation in youth: a meta-analysis" (2020), European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Barriers and Facilitators to Sustaining School-Based Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions: A Systematic Review" (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Problem severity and waiting times for young people accessing mental health services" (2020), BJPsych Open
  • "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health: a natural experiment" (2022), Royal Society Open Science

Jessica Deighton frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field, including:

  • Julian Edbrooke-Childs
  • Suzet Tanya Lereya
  • Ruth Gilbert
  • Daniel Hayes
  • Emily Stapley

Their publications commonly appear in prominent journals such as:

  • Trials
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Measures of Social and Emotional Skills for Children and Young People: A Systematic Review

    Neil Humphrey;Afroditi Kalambouka;Michael Wigelsworth;Ann Lendrum

  • Systematic review of approaches to using patient experience data for quality improvement in healthcare settings

    Helen Gleeson;Ana Calderon;Viren Swami;Jessica Deighton

  • Measuring mental health and wellbeing outcomes for children and adolescents to inform practice and policy: a review of child self-report measures

    Jessica Deighton;Tim J. Croudace;Peter Fonagy;Jeb Brown

  • A general psychopathology factor in early adolescence.

    Praveetha Patalay;Peter Fonagy;Jessica Deighton;Jay Belsky

  • Prevalence of mental health problems in schools: poverty and other risk factors among 28 000 adolescents in England.

    Jessica Deighton;Suzet Tanya Lereya;Polly Casey;Praveetha Patalay

  • Gender difference in the change of adolescents’ mental health and subjective wellbeing trajectories

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  • Feedback from Outcome Measures and Treatment Effectiveness, Treatment Efficiency, and Collaborative Practice: A Systematic Review

    Dawid Gondek;Julian Edbrooke-Childs;Elian Fink;Jessica Deighton

  • Mental Health Difficulties in Early Adolescence: A Comparison of Two Cross-Sectional Studies in England From 2009 to 2014

    Elian Fink;Praveetha Patalay;Helen Sharpe;Simone Holley

  • Longitudinal pathways between mental health difficulties and academic performance during middle childhood and early adolescence.

    Jessica Deighton;Neil Humphrey;Jay Belsky;Jan Boehnke

  • How do schools promote emotional well-being among their pupils? Findings from a national scoping survey of mental health provision in English schools

    Panos Vostanis;Neil Humphrey;Natasha Fitzgerald;Jessica Deighton

  • The Development of a School-Based Measure of Child Mental Health

    Jessica Deighton;Peter Tymms;Panos Vostanis;Jay Belsky

  • Satisfaction in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Translating Users' Feedback into Measurement

    Anna Brown;Tamsin Ford;Jessica Deighton;Miranda Wolpert

  • Effectiveness of current psychological interventions to improve emotion regulation in youth: a meta-analysis

    Bettina Moltrecht;Jessica Deighton;Praveetha Patalay;Julian Edbrooke-Childs

  • Patient-reported outcomes in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): Use of idiographic and standardized measures

    Miranda Wolpert;Tamsin Ford;Emma Trustam;Duncan Law

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Sustaining School-Based Mental Health and Wellbeing Interventions: A Systematic Review

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  • Measurement Issues: Review of four patient reported outcome measures: SDQ, RCADS, C/ORS and GBO - their strengths and limitations for clinical use and service evaluation.

    Miranda Wolpert;Helen Cheng;Jessica Deighton

  • Embedding mental health support in schools: learning from the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) national evaluation

    Miranda Wolpert;Neil Humphrey;Jay Belsky;Jessica Deighton

  • The psychometric properties of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires for ages 2-2.5: a systematic review

    Tjasa Velikonja;Julian H. Edbrooke-Childs;Ana Calderon;Michelle Sleed

  • Clinical validity of the Me and My School questionnaire: a self-report mental health measure for children and adolescents

    Praveetha Patalay;Jessica Deighton;Peter Fonagy;Panos Vostanis

  • The relationship between child- and parent-reported shared decision making and child-, parent-, and clinician-reported treatment outcome in routinely collected child mental health services data.

    Julian Edbrooke-Childs;Jenna Jacob;Rachel Argent;Praveetha Patalay

  • Routine outcomes monitoring as part of children and young people's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) – improving care or unhelpful burden?

    Miranda Wolpert;Miranda Wolpert;Andrew J.B. Fugard;Andrew J.B. Fugard;Jessica Deighton;Anke Görzig

  • Comparison of indices of clinically meaningful change in child and adolescent mental health services: difference scores, reliable change, crossing clinical thresholds and ‘added value’ – an exploration using parent rated scores on the SDQ

    Miranda Wolpert;Anke Görzig;Anke Görzig;Jessica Deighton;Andrew J.B. Fugard

Frequent Co-Authors

Miranda Wolpert
Miranda Wolpert University College London
Julian Edbrooke-Childs
Julian Edbrooke-Childs University College London
Peter Fonagy
Peter Fonagy University College London
Neil Humphrey
Neil Humphrey University of Manchester
Panos Vostanis
Panos Vostanis University of Leicester
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Tamsin Ford
Tamsin Ford University of Cambridge
Russell M. Viner
Russell M. Viner University College London
Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School
Nadia Micali
Nadia Micali University College London

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