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Karen Bracegirdle

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Psychiatry
Pediatrics
Psychology
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Sophie Browning
Suzanne Jolley
Elizabeth Kuipers
Kristin R Laurens
Colette Hirsch
Richard Corrigall
Kimberley Gin
Partha Banerjea
Lucy Maddox
Catherine Stewart
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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry
Schizophr Res
Child Adolesc Ment Health
Behav Cogn Psychother
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Recent Articles
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Identifying and changing cognitive vulnerability in the classroom: preliminary evaluation of CUES-Ed, a school-based universal cognitive behavioural early intervention service for 7-10 year olds
Underwood R, Redfern A, Plant D, Bracegirdle K, Browning S, Jolley S
Child Adolesc Ment Health . 2021 Dec; 28(2):221-229. PMID: 34850537
Background: School-based early intervention may alleviate current emotional and behavioural problems, and, by targeting underlying vulnerability, safeguard children's future mental health. Improving on mixed outcomes to date is an international...
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Psychosocial predictors of distressing unusual experiences in adolescence: Testing the fit of an adult cognitive model of psychosis
Gin K, Stewart C, Abbott C, Banerjea P, Bracegirdle K, Browning S, et al.
Schizophr Res . 2021 Aug; 237:1-8. PMID: 34461373
Background: For adults with psychosis, international guidelines recommend individual and family based cognitive behavioural therapy interventions. Recommendations are extended to children and adolescents, based on adult research. It is also...
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Innovations in Practice: CUES-Ed: an in-service evaluation of a new universal cognitive behavioural early mental health intervention programme for primary school children
Redfern A, Jolley S, Bracegirdle K, Browning S, Plant D
Child Adolesc Ment Health . 2020 Jul; 24(2):187-191. PMID: 32677181
Background: Earlier childhood interventions to reduce mental health vulnerability are a global health priority yet poorly implemented. Barriers include negotiating health/education interfaces, and mixed outcomes, particularly for vulnerable children. CUES-Ed...
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The Coping with Unusual Experiences for Children Study (CUES): A pilot randomized controlled evaluation of the acceptability and potential clinical utility of a cognitive behavioural intervention package for young people aged 8-14 years with unusual...
Jolley S, Kuipers E, Stewart C, Browning S, Bracegirdle K, Basit N, et al.
Br J Clin Psychol . 2018 Mar; 57(3):328-350. PMID: 29527754
Objectives: Health care guidelines recommend psychological interventions for childhood unusual experiences that are associated with distress or adverse functional impact (UEDs), based on adult, rather than child-specific, evidence. We report...
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Coping with Unusual ExperienceS for 12-18 year olds (CUES+): a transdiagnostic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of cognitive therapy in reducing distress associated with unusual experiences in adolescent mental health services: study...
Jolley S, Browning S, Corrigall R, Laurens K, Hirsch C, Bracegirdle K, et al.
Trials . 2017 Dec; 18(1):586. PMID: 29202862
Background: Childhood 'unusual experiences' (such as hearing voices that others cannot, or suspicions of being followed) are common, but can become more distressing during adolescence, especially for young people in...
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Childhood unusual experiences in community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in South East London: Prevalence and impact
Gin K, Banerjea P, Abbott C, Browning S, Bracegirdle K, Corrigall R, et al.
Schizophr Res . 2017 Sep; 195:93-96. PMID: 28874319
Background: Distressing 'psychotic-like' or unusual experiences (UEDs) signify increased mental health risk in the general population, including greater likelihood and severity of co-occurring non-psychotic mental health problems, and, from fourteen...
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Variation in psychosocial influences according to the dimensions and content of children's unusual experiences: potential routes for the development of targeted interventions
Ruffell T, Azis M, Hassanali N, Ames C, Browning S, Bracegirdle K, et al.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry . 2015 Jul; 25(3):311-9. PMID: 26149604
The psychosocial processes implicated in the development and maintenance of psychosis differ according to both the dimensional attributes (conviction, frequency, associated distress, adverse life impact) and the content or type...
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Cognitive bias and unusual experiences in childhood
Hassanali N, Ruffell T, Browning S, Bracegirdle K, Ames C, Corrigall R, et al.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry . 2014 Nov; 24(8):949-57. PMID: 25395382
Cognitive therapy is recommended for children with psychotic-like, or unusual, experiences associated with distress or impairment (UEDs; UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2013 [1]). Accurate models of...
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Modelling psychosocial influences on the distress and impairment caused by psychotic-like experiences in children and adolescents
Ames C, Jolley S, Laurens K, Maddox L, Corrigall R, Browning S, et al.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry . 2013 Dec; 23(8):715-22. PMID: 24337355
Psychological understanding of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) occurring in childhood is limited, with no recognised conceptual framework to guide appropriate intervention. We examined the contribution to PLE severity of emotional, cognitive...
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Cognitive behavioural therapy for unusual experiences in children: a case series
Maddox L, Jolley S, Laurens K, Hirsch C, Hodgins S, Browning S, et al.
Behav Cogn Psychother . 2012 Aug; 41(3):344-58. PMID: 22874646
Background: Over half of children in the general population report unusual or "psychotic-like" experiences (PLEs). The development of a later at-risk mental state is associated with persistent, distressing, PLEs, which...