This section of the site contains links to accessible summaries of evidence on psychological treatment and prevention of youth anxiety and depression.
Babbage, C., & Loades, M.E. (2023). Is cognitive behavioural therapy the best we’ve got for depression? MentalElf blog 24th March 2023,
Parkinson, M. & Loades, M.E. How to help someone you live with who has depression. The Conversation, 06/07/2020.
Loades, M.E. (2019). Most adolescents with depression are significantly fatigued: What can we do about it. ACAMH blog,
Loades, M.E. (2019). Cognitive biases in adolescent depression: the more you have, the worse you feel. Mental Elf blog,
Loades, M.E. (2019). Teenage depression linked to poor psychological and social outcomes in later life. Mental Elf blog,
Loades, M.E. (2019). Depression in teens with HIV in Southern Africa: What we don’t know. Science Discoveries blog,
Loades, M.E. (2019). Attitudes towards internet interventions make a difference. Mental Elf blog,
Social isolation and loneliness in the pandemic context
Loneliness and reconnection guide for adults who support young people– developed in the COVID-19 pandemic
Loades, M.E. Youth Mental Health and Social Isolation. Let’s Talk: Youth Psychology Podcast,McGill Summer Institute for School Psychology Podcast, January 2022.
Loades, M.E. & Smith, L. Loneliness and teenagers amidst a global pandemic. Blog for Semi-colon (India) , 14/05/2021.
Loades, M.E. Commentary on NIHR Alert: Lonely young people have an increased risk of mental health problems years later: research suggests lockdown could have a long-term effect, 23/02/2021
Loades, M.E., Demkowicz, O., Qualter, P., & Shafran, R. How to tackle student loneliness. WONKHE, 17/02/2021
Loades, M.E. University students: COVID, Mental Health and Loneliness blog. SMaRteN: The Student Mental Health Research Network. , 09/11/2020
Loades, M.E. COVID-19 and social isolation, school based interventions and CBT: In Conversation Podcast, Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, August 2020
Loades, M.E. Social isolation and mental health in children and adolescents talk in webinar on Lockdown and young people: Consequences and Looking Ahead. Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath, 09/07/2020.
Loades, M.E., Loneliness for children and young people during the pandemic. BABCP Let’s talk about CBT podcast.
Loades, M.E. We need to act now: the cost of loneliness and social isolation on mental health in children and young people. Institute of Policy Research, University of Bath blog, 15/06/2020.
Webinars
Loades, M.E. & Reynolds, S.A. Living through Lockdown: What the research tells us about social isolation and loneliness in children and young people. Emerging Minds webinar, 22/04/2020.
Recorded talk about our qualitative study in South Africa during 2020 to explore the impact of pandemic containment measures on young people.