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Overview

Tamsin Ford is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on mental health, especially in children and adolescents.

The scientist's most recent notable publications include:

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health, 2024, The Lancet Psychiatry

Tamsin Ford frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Obioha C. Ukoumunne
  • Roz Shafran
  • Tamsin Newlove-Delgado
  • Isobel Heyman
  • Terence Stephenson

Their work has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry

Tamsin Ford's research focuses primarily on:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these disciplines, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Education
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Speech and Hearing

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Best Publications

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

    Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes;Rory C O'Connor;V. Hugh Perry;Irene Tracey

  • Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample

    R Goodman;T Ford;H Simmons;R Gatward

  • Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population.

    Matthias Pierce;Holly Hope;Tamsin Ford;Stephani Hatch

  • Mental health of children and adolescents in Great Britain.

    Howard Meltzer;Rebecca Gatward;Robert Goodman;Tamsin Ford

  • The Development and Well-Being Assessment: description and initial validation of an integrated assessment of child and adolescent psychopathology.

    Robert Goodman;Tamsin Ford;Hilary Richards;Rebecca Gatward

  • The British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey 1999: The Prevalence of DSM-IV Disorders

    Tamsin Ford;Robert Goodman;Howard Meltzer

  • Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004

    Hazel Green;Ainee McGinnity;Howard Meltzer;Tamsin Ford

  • ADHD in children and young people: prevalence, care pathways, and service provision.

    Kapil Sayal;Vibhore Prasad;David Daley;Tamsin Ford

  • Mental health interventions in schools in high-income countries

    Mina Fazel;Kimberly Hoagwood;Sharon Stephan;Tamsin Ford

  • Psychiatric disorder among British children looked after by local authorities: comparison with children living in private households

    Tamsin Ford;Panos Vostanis;Howard Meltzer;Robert Goodman

  • Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the British nationwide survey of child mental health.

    Isobel Heyman;E. Fombonne;H. Simmons;T. Ford

  • Selective drop-out in longitudinal studies and non-biased prediction of behaviour disorders

    Dieter Wolke;Andrea Waylen;Muthanna Samara;Colin Steer

  • The Mental Health of Young People Looked After by Local Authorities in England

    Howard Meltzer;Rebecca Gatward;Tania Corbin;Robert Goodman

  • The Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Systematic Review

    Abigail Emma Russell;Tamsin Ford;Rebecca Williams;Ginny Russell

  • Process, outcome and experience of transition from child to adult mental healthcare: multiperspective study.

    Swaran P Singh;Moli Paul;Tamsin Ford;Tami Kramer

  • Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017

    Katharine Sadler;Tim Vizard;Tamsin Ford;Franziska Marchesell

  • Is teachers’ mental health and wellbeing associated with students’ mental health and wellbeing?

    Sarah Harding;Richard Morris;David Gunnell;Tamsin Ford

  • Says who? The significance of sampling in mental health surveys during COVID-19.

    Matthias Pierce;Sally McManus;Curtis Jessop;Ann John

  • Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data.

    Matthias Pierce;Sally McManus;Holly Hope;Matthew Hotopf;Matthew Hotopf

  • Teachers' wellbeing and depressive symptoms, and associated risk factors: A large cross sectional study in English secondary schools

    Judi L Kidger;Rowan Brockman;Kate M Tilling;Rona M Campbell

  • Prevalence of Parent-Reported ASD and ADHD in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

    Ginny Russell;Lauren R. Rodgers;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Tamsin Ford

  • Mental Health Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Probability Sample Survey of the UK Population

    Matthias Pierce;Holly Hope;Tamsin Ford;Stephani Hatch

Frequent Co-Authors

Obioha C. Ukoumunne
Obioha C. Ukoumunne University of Exeter
Robert Goodman
Robert Goodman King's College London
Matthew Hotopf
Matthew Hotopf King's College London
Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor King's College London
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart King's College London
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol
Willem Kuyken
Willem Kuyken University of Oxford
Paul Moran
Paul Moran University of Bristol
Howard Meltzer
Howard Meltzer University of Leicester
Miranda Wolpert
Miranda Wolpert University College London

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