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Kate Cavanagh is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, specializing in psychology with a focus on clinical and applied psychology domains.

Their research primarily spans the main field of Psychology, encompassing 79 publications. Key subfields include Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The topics addressed in their work cover a diverse range of mental health-related subjects. These include:

  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Cavanagh has contributed to several recent scholarly papers, such as:

  • "Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials," 2023, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Preliminary Evaluation of the Engagement and Effectiveness of a Mental Health Chatbot," 2020, published in Frontiers in Digital Health
  • "Can a little bit of mindfulness do you good? A systematic review and meta-analyses of unguided mindfulness-based self-help interventions," 2021, published in Clinical Psychology Review
  • "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, published in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • "Chatbot-Based Assessment of Employees' Mental Health: Design Process and Pilot Implementation," 2021, published in JMIR Formative Research

Frequent publication venues include:

  • ISRCTN Registry
  • Scientific Reports
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • BJPsych Open
  • Trials

Key collaborators who have co-authored multiple times with Cavanagh are:

  • Clara Strauss
  • Anna-Marie Jones
  • Marcos Economides
  • L. Lea
  • Claire Rosten

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

  • Computer-aided psychotherapy for anxiety disorders: a meta-analytic review

    Pim Cuijpers;Isaac M. Marks;Annemieke van Straten;Kate Cavanagh

  • Disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity: separate constructs that are differentially related to specific fears.

    W. J. M. van Overveld;de Peter Jong;M. L. Peters;K. Cavanagh

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

    Kate Cavanagh;Clara Strauss;Francesca Cicconi;Natasha Griffiths

  • Cost-effectiveness of computerised cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety and depression in primary care: randomised controlled trial

    Paul McCrone;Martin Knapp;Judith Proudfoot;Clash Ryden

  • 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

  • Improving Employee Well-Being and Effectiveness: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Web-Based Psychological Interventions Delivered in the Workplace

    Stephany Carolan;Peter R Harris;Kate Cavanagh

  • HANDS-ON HELP: Computer-aided Psychotherapy

    Isaac Meyer Marks;Kate Cavanagh;Lina Gega

  • 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

  • Computer treatment for common mental health problems

    Kate Cavanagh;David A. Shapiro

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

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

  • Computer-Aided Psychological Treatments: Evolving Issues

    Isaac Marks;Kate Cavanagh

  • The effectiveness of computerized cognitive behavioural therapy in routine care

    K. Cavanagh;D. A. Shapiro;S. Van den Berg;S. Swain

  • Computer-aided psychotherapy: revolution or bubble?

    Isaac Marks;Kate Cavanagh;Lina Gega

  • 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

  • Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Common Mental Health Disorders, What Works, for Whom Under What Circumstances? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Rebecca Grist;Kate Cavanagh

  • 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

  • Computerized cognitive behavioural therapy and the therapeutic alliance: a qualitative enquiry.

    Natalie Barazzone;Kate Cavanagh;David A Richards

Frequent Co-Authors

Clara Strauss
Clara Strauss University of Sussex
Mark Hayward
Mark Hayward University of Sussex
Graham C. L. Davey
Graham C. L. Davey University of Sussex
Ruth A. Baer
Ruth A. Baer University of Kentucky
Isaac Marks
Isaac Marks King's College London
Willem Kuyken
Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Peter R. Harris
Peter R. Harris University of Sussex
Mark H. Freeston
Mark H. Freeston Newcastle University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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