Polly Waite

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

  952
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• Young people's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Cathy Creswell;Adrienne Shum;Samantha Pearcey;Simona Skripkauskaite

  224
  Citations

• Assessment and management of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

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

  212
  Citations

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

  Eoin McElroy;Praveetha Patalay;Bettina Moltrecht;Mark Shevlin

  160
  Citations

• 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

  159
  Citations

• 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

  148
  Citations

• The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and First Psychometric Evidence of a New Scale for Assessing Anxiety Disorders Symptoms of Children and Adolescents

  Peter Muris;Peter Muris;Ellin Simon;Hester Lijphart;Arjan Bos

  128
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• Practitioner Review: Anxiety disorders in children and young people - assessment and treatment.

  Cathy Creswell;Polly Waite;Polly Waite;Jennie Hudson

  115
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• Cognitive behaviour therapy for low self-esteem: a preliminary randomized controlled trial in a primary care setting.

  Polly Waite;Freda McManus;Roz Shafran

  112
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• Randomized Controlled Trial of Full and Brief Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy and Wait-List for Paediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

  Derek Bolton;Tim Williams;Sean Perrin;Linda Atkinson

  109
  Citations

• Children and adolescents referred for treatment of anxiety disorders: Differences in clinical characteristics

  Polly Waite;Catharine Creswell

  108
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• Supporting students' mental health in schools: what do teachers want and need?

  Lucas Shelemy;Kate Harvey;Polly Waite

  107
  Citations

• HPA AXIS RELATED GENES AND RESPONSE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES: GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

  Susanna Roberts;Robert Keers;Kathryn J Lester;Kathryn J Lester;Jonathan R. I. Coleman

  102
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• Adolescents’ perceived barriers and facilitators to seeking and accessing professional help for anxiety and depressive disorders: a qualitative interview study

  Jerica Radez;Tessa Reardon;Tessa Reardon;Cathy Creswell;Faith Orchard

  96
  Citations

• Examining changes in parent-reported child and adolescent mental health throughout the UK's first COVID-19 national lockdown.

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

  92
  Citations

• Immersive virtual reality and digital applied gaming interventions for the treatment of mental health problems in children and young people: the need for rigorous treatment development and clinical evaluation

  Brynjar Halldorsson;Brynjar Halldorsson;Claire Hill;Polly Waite;Polly Waite;Kate Partridge

  71
  Citations

• The Effectiveness of Psychological Therapies for Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

  Holly J. Baker;Peter J. Lawrence;Jessica Karalus;Cathy Creswell

  68
  Citations

• Comparisons of the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale-Parent Version in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Anxious Children.

  Magdalena Glod;Cathy Creswell;Polly Waite;Ruth Jamieson

  57
  Citations

• Genome-wide association study of response to cognitive–behavioural therapy in children with anxiety disorders

  Jonathan Coleman;Kathryn Jane Lester;Robert Keers;Susanna Roberts

  44
  Citations

• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Low Self-Esteem: A Case Example

  Freda McManus;Polly Waite;Roz Shafran

  39
  Citations