Sara Tai, BA(Hons), MSc, D.ClinPsy, CPsychol

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• 2024

  Care coordinator delivered Method of Levels therapy for people reporting first-episode psychosis: Experiences and views of service user, care coordinator, and team manager participants of the CAMEO trial

  Griffiths, R., Tai, S., Ormrod, S., Welsh, N., Jones, A., Palmier-Claus, J., Dixon, J., Dawber, A. & Lovell, K., 4 Dec 2024, In: BMC Psychiatry. 24, 878.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Care Coordinator 100%
  • Psychosis 100%
  • Early Intervention in Psychosis 75%
  • Early Intervention 25%
  • Thematic Analysis 8%

• Care Coordinator Delivered Method of Levels Therapy to Improve Engagement and other Outcomes in Early Psychosis (CAMEO): Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

  Griffiths, R., Tai, S., Sutton, C., Camacho, E., Dixon, J., Palmier-claus, J., Jones, A., Welsh, N., Ormrod, S., Krishan, A., Dawber, A. & Lovell, K., 9 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Early Intervention in Psychosis 100%
  • Early Psychosis 100%
  • Arm 25%
• 2023

  An Artificial Therapist (Manage Your Life Online) to Support the Mental Health of Youth: Co-Design and Case Series

  Wrightson-Hester, A.-R., Anderson, G., Dunstan, J., McEvoy, P. M., Sutton, C. J., Myers, B., Egan, S., Tai, S., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Chen, W., Gedeon, T. & Mansell, W., 21 Jul 2023, In: JMIR Human Factors. 10, p. 1-22 22 p., e46849.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Focus Group 100%
  • Lived Experience 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health 100%
  • Mobile Phone 100%
• 2022

  A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis Comparing the Constructs of Social Determinants of Health and Social Determinants of Mental Health: Matryoshka or Two Independent Constructs?

  Handerer, F., Kinderman, P., Shafti, M. & Tai, S., 14 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Scoping Review 100%
  • Determinants of Health 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Social Determinants of Health 100%
  • Dualism 33%

• Diagnostic labels: the problem is the signified not the signifier

  Handerer, F., Kinderman, P. & Tai, S., Jul 2022, In: The Lancet Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Moving beyond the myths of mental health

  Griffiths, R., Carey, T. A. & Tai, S., 2022, Critiquing the psychiatric model: The Ethics International Press Critical Psychology and Critical Psychiatry series . Maisel, E. & Ruby, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom: Ethics International Press, p. 217-230 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2021

  Deconstructing health inequity: A perceptual control theory perspective

  Carey, T. A., Tai, S. & Griffiths, R., 2021, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 173 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Practitioners 100%
  • Community Mental Health 100%

• Development and Evaluation of a Therapist Training Program for Psilocybin Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression in Clinical Research

  Tai, S. J., Nielson, E. M., Lennard-Jones, M., Johanna Ajantaival, R.-L., Winzer, R., Richards, W. A., Reinholdt, F., Richards, B. D., Gasser, P. & Malievskaia, E., 3 Feb 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12, 586682.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Treatment Resistant Depression 100%
  • Psilocybine 100%
  • Online Learning 100%
  • Psilocybin 100%
  • Practitioners 50%

• Experiences of acute mental health inpatient care in the UK: From admission to readmission

  Phillips, C., Tai, S. & Berry, K., 22 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches..

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hospital Readmission 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Ward 50%
  • Care Pathway 25%
  • Therapeutic Relationship 25%

• Minimal use of ICD social determinant or phenomenological codes in mental health care records

  Kinderman, P., Allsopp, K., Handerer, F. & Tai, S., 15 Jul 2021, In: Journal Of Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mental Health Care 100%
  • Social Determinants of Health 100%
  • Psychological and Psychiatric Procedures 50%
  • Psychiatric Diagnosis 16%
  • International Classification of Diseases 16%
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• Positive risk management: Staff perspectives in acute mental health inpatient settings

  Just, D., Palmier-Claus, J. E. & Tai, S., 1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77, 4, p. 1899-1910 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reflexive Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 66%
  • Practitioners 50%
  • Semistructured Interview 50%

• The need for improved coding to document the social determinants of health

  Handerer, F., Kinderman, P. & Tai, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: The Lancet Psychiatry.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

• The psychological pathway to suicide attempts: A strategy of control without awareness

  Macintyre (BSc (Hons), MRes), V., Mansell, W., Pratt, D. & Tai, S., 18 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychological Distress 100%
  • Narrative Review 100%
• 2020

  Agents of change: Understanding the therapeutic processes associated with helpfulness of therapy for mental health problems with a relational agent MYLO

  Gaffney, H., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 16 Mar 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Digital Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychological Distress 100%

• A process-focused case series of a school-based intervention aimed at giving young people choice and control over their attendance and their goals in therapy

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 25 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adolescents 100%
  • School-Based Intervention 100%
  • Psychological Intervention 50%
  • Wellbeing 50%

• A school-based case series to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a PCT-informed psychological intervention that combines client-led counselling (Method of Levels) and a parent-child activity (Shared Goals)

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 15 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Psychological Intervention 100%
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• Experiences of adolescents and their guardians with a school-based combined individual and dyadic intervention

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 17 Dec 2020, In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Adolescents 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 50%
  • Parent-Child Relationship 50%
  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Feasibility and Patient Experiences of Method of Levels Therapy in an Acute Mental Health Inpatient Setting

  Jenkins, H., Reid, J., Williams, C., Tai, S. & Huddy, V., 2 Jun 2020, In: Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 41, 6, p. 506-514 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Qualitative Method 50%

• How did mental health become so biomedical? The progressive erosion of social determinants in historical psychiatric admission registers

  Handerer, F., Kinderman, P., Timmermann, C. & Tai, S., 3 Nov 2020, In: History of Psychiatry. 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Mental Health 100%
  • Social Determinant 100%
  • Social Determinants of Health 100%
  • UK 60%
  • Diseases 50%
  403 Downloads (Pure)

• The development of a parent–child activity based on the principles of perceptual control theory

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 18 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: The Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Control Theory 100%
  • Goal Setting 100%
  • Management by Objectives 25%
  • Wellbeing 25%
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• What is the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder, extreme appraisals of internal states and symptoms of bipolar disorder?

  Frost, L., Tai, S., Varese, F. & Mansell, W., 1 Jan 2020, In: Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 100%
  • Bipolar Disorder 100%
  • Depression 37%
  • Mood 25%
  • Comorbidity 12%
  157 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  A qualitative analysis of young people’s experiences of receiving a novel, client-led, psychological therapy in school

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2019, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Adolescent 100%
  • Client 100%
  • Adolescents 100%
  • Qualitative Method 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 50%
  77 Downloads (Pure)

• A qualitative investigation of stress related to studying architecture at degree level in the UK

  Xie, Y., Yaqoob, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2019, In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 1474022219871001.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Stress and Coping 100%
  • Coping Strategies 100%
  • Coping With Stress 100%
  • Architecture 100%
  85 Downloads (Pure)

• A School-Based Feasibility Study of Method of Levels: A Novel Form of Client-Led Counselling

  Churchman, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2019, In: Pastoral Care in Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Adolescents 100%
  • Psychological Distress 100%
  55 Downloads (Pure)

• Conversational Agents in the Treatment of Mental Health Problems: Mixed-Method Systematic Review

  Gaffney, H., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 18 Oct 2019, In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 6, 10, e14166.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Psychological Distress 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Diseases 100%
  • Mental Health 100%

• Living the Life You Want Following a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Grounded Theory Approach

  Warwick, H., Tai, S. & Mansell, W., 2019, In: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Bipolar Disorder 100%
  • Diagnosis 50%
  • Mental Health 25%
  • Drug Therapy 25%
  • Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders 25%
  95 Downloads (Pure)

• Method of Levels therapy for first-episode psychosis: The feasibility randomised controlled Next Level trial

  Griffiths, R., Mansell, W., Carey, T. A., Edge, D., Emsley, R. & Tai, S., Oct 2019, In: Journal of Clinical Psychology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Psychosis 100%
  • Decision-Making 33%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 33%
  • Decision Making 33%
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• Sources of distress in first-episode psychosis: A systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

  Griffiths, R., Mansell, W., Edge, D. & Tai, S., 1 Jan 2019, In: Qualitative Health Research. 29, 1, p. 107-123 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Practitioners 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Research Implication 100%
  • Clinical Implication 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  103 Downloads (Pure)

• What People Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Experience as Distressing: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research

  Warwick, H., Mansell, W., Porter, C. & Tai, S., 1 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 248, p. 108-130

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Bipolar Disorder 100%
  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • Qualitative Study 33%
  • Mood 16%
  • Systematic Review 16%
  134 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘It was me answering my own questions’: Experiences of method of levels therapy amongst people with first-episode psychosis

  Griffiths, R., Mansell, W., Edge, D., Carey, T. A., Peel, H. & Tai, S., 31 Jan 2019, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Semistructured Interview 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  88 Downloads (Pure)

• ‘It’s nice to think somebody’s listening to me instead of saying “oh shut up”’. People with dementia reflect on what makes communication good and meaningful

  Alsawy, S., Ennis, L., Mansell, W., McEvoy, P. & Tai, S., 29 Sept 2019, In: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Semistructured Interview 100%
  • Connectedness 100%
  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Caregiver 100%
  213 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Clinician perspectives on supporting adults with psychosis who wish to discontinue neuroleptic medication: qualitative analysis

  Forsberg, N., Tai, S. & Awenat, Y., 2018, In: Psychosis. 10, 4, p. 239-250 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Typical Antipsychotic 100%
  • Clinician 100%
  • Drug Therapy 100%
  • Practice Guideline 10%
  • Shared Decision-Making 10%

• Individual experiences of psychological-based interventions for bipolar disorder: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.

  Davenport, K., Hardy, G., Tai, S. & Mansell, W., 2018, In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Bipolar Disorder 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Qualitative Method 25%
  • Mood 25%
  • Psychological Intervention 25%
  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Manage Your Life Online: A web-based randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a problem solving intervention in a student sample

  Bird, T., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2018, In: Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Intention 100%
  • Psychological Intervention 100%
  • Psychoeducation 100%
  • Spontaneous Recovery 100%
  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  261 Downloads (Pure)

• Rationale, design and baseline data of the Next Level study: Feasibility randomised controlled trial of Method of Levels therapy for first-episode psychosis

  Griffiths, R., Mansell, W., Carey, T. A., Edge, D., Emsley, R. & Tai, S., Sept 2018, In: BJPsych Open. 4, 5, p. 339-345 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Early Intervention 100%
  • Psychological Treatment 100%
  • Psychosis 100%
  • Early Intervention in Psychosis 33%

• Spot the Difference: Comparing Three Approaches to CBT

  Griffiths, R., Oliver, J., Allott, R. & Tai, S., Feb 2018, CBT Today, 46, 1, p. 18-19 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  Open Access

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  • Motivational Interviewing 100%
  329 Downloads (Pure)

• The prospective role of defeat and entrapment in caregiver burden and depression amongst formal caregivers

  Griffiths, A. W., Wood, A. M. & Tai, S., 2018, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 120, p. 24-31 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Disease 100%
  • Caregiver 100%
  • Home Care 50%
  • Health Service 50%
  • Self Report 50%
  27 Downloads (Pure)

• Why I eat at night: A qualitative exploration of the development, maintenance and consequences of Night Eating Syndrome

  Shillito, J. A., Lea, J., Tierney, S., Cleator, J., Tai, S. & Wilding, J. P. H., 1 Jun 2018, In: Appetite. 125, p. 270-277 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Night Eating Syndrome 100%
  • Semistructured Interview 12%
  • Mood 12%
  • Disordered Eating 12%
  • Psychological Factor 12%
• 2017

  An experimental test of the role of control in spider fear

  Healey, A., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2017, In: Journal of anxiety disorders. 49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Psychological Intervention 100%
  171 Downloads (Pure)

• A systematic review of service-user reasons for adherence and nonadherence to neuroleptic medication in psychosis

  Wade, M., Tai, S., Awenat, Y. & Haddock, G., Feb 2017, In: Clinical Psychology Review. 51, p. 75-95 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Schizophrenia 100%
  • Religious Belief 100%
  • Relapse Prevention 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  307 Downloads (Pure)

• A systematic scoping review and synthesis of dementia and communication theory

  Ennis, L., Mansell, W., Tai, S. & Mcevoy, P., 2017, In: Dementia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Review 100%
  • Communication Theory 100%
  • Scoping Review 100%
  • Database Searches 100%
  • Information Theory 100%
  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Client Perceptions of Helpfulness in Therapy: A Novel Video-Rating Methodology for Examining Process Variables at Brief Intervals During a Single Session

  Cocklin, A., Mansell, W., Emsley, R., Mcevoy, P., Preston, C., Comiskey, J. & Tai, S., 2017, In: Behavioural And Cognitive Psychotherapy. 45, 6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Concurrent Validity 100%
  • Rating Scale 50%
  • Multi-Level Modeling 50%
  487 Downloads (Pure)

• Cognitive behavioural therapy for thought disorder in psychosis

  Palmier-Claus, J., Griffiths, R., Murphy, E. K., Parker, S., Longden, E., Bowe, S., Steele, A., French, P., Morrison, A. & Tai, S., 2017, In: Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches. 9, 4, p. 347-357 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thought Disorder 100%
  • Behavioral Assessment 33%

• Does empowerment mediate the effects of psychological factors on mental health, well-being, and recovery in young people?

  Grealish, A., Tai, S., Hunter, A., Emsley, R., Murrells, T. & Morrison, A., 11 Aug 2017, In: Psychology and psychotherapy. 90, 3, p. 314-335 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Psychological Factor 100%
  • Thinking Style 50%
  • Self-Efficacy 25%
  • Self-Report 25%
  • Clinical Implication 25%
  139 Downloads (Pure)

• Improving professional psychological practice through an increased repertoire of research methodologies: Illustrated by the development of MOL

  Carey, T., Tai, S., Mansell, W., Huddy, V., Griffiths, R. & Marken, R. S., 1 Jun 2017, In: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 48, 3, p. 175-182

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Psychological Treatment 100%
  64 Downloads (Pure)

• What is distressing about auditory verbal hallucinations? The contribution of goal interference and goal facilitation

  Varese, F., Mansell, W. & Tai, S., 2017, In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Hallucinations 100%
  • Psychological Intervention 50%
  • Self-Report 50%
  58 Downloads (Pure)

• What is good communication for people living with dementia? A mixed-methods systematic review

  Alsawy, S., Mansell, W., McEvoy, P. & Tai, S., 2017, In: International Psychogeriatrics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Caregiver 100%
  • Health Care Personnel 100%
  • Person-Centered Care 66%
  2476 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  MindSurf: A pilot study to assess the usability and acceptability of a smartphone app designed to promote contentment, wellbeing, and goal achievement

  Carey, T. A., Haviland, J., Tai, S., Vanags, T. & Mansell, W., 12 Dec 2016, In: BMC Psychiatry. 16, 442, 442.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Qualitative Method 50%
  • Practitioners 50%
  • Psychological Distress 50%
  • Mobile Phone 50%

• Personal Accounts of Discontinuing Neuroleptic Medication for Psychosis

  Geyt, G. L., Awenat, Y., Tai, S. & Haddock, G., 15 Mar 2016, In: Qualitative Health Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Personal Theory 100%
  • Developmental trajectories 100%

• The feasibility and effectiveness of Catch It, an innovative CBT smartphone app

  Kinderman, P., Hagan, P., King, S., Bowman, J., Chahal, J., Gan, L., McKnight, R., Waldon, C., Smith, M., Gilbertson, J. & Tai, S., 2016, In: BJPsych Open. 2, 3, p. 204-209 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mood 100%
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 100%
  • Negative Mood 50%
  • Psychiatrist 16%
  • Mental Health 16%