New mental health pathway for primary school children reduces anxiety problems – study shows A new way of supporting primary age children’s mental health via schools has been shown to be highly effective in reducing anxiety problems, according to a new trial.

NEWS: New mental health pathway for primary school children reduces anxiety problems 

Read more about the new model delivered in schools. @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social 

This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re highlighting the importance of accessible, evidence-based support for autistic children 🔍

STAR-CAT is exploring whether an online, parent-led approach can improve outcomes for autistic children with anxiety problems 🖥️

Learn more ➡️ osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/

We're excited to have reached our first big recruitment milestone - over 100 families are now part of the STAR-CAT study! Fantastic work from all of our clinical teams 🤩

Happy Holidays from the STAR-CAT team!

As the year comes to an end, we want to say a big thank you to all of the families and clinical services who have been involved in the study so far! 🌟

We hope everyone has a relaxing break over the festive period 🎄⛄

Slide introducing Cathy Creswell’s talk, titled “Taking digital interventions for youth from research to practice”

Prof Cathy Creswell (@cathycreswell.bsky.social) from University of Oxford is delivering her keynote on ‘Taking digital interventions for youth from research to practice’   

How can we learn from the success of OSI (Online Support & Intervention for Children)?  

Let’s dive in 👇 #DigitalYouth

🌍Our evidence-based programme for child anxiety is now being adapted for families in Asia and South America.

Online Support and Intervention (OSI) is a therapist-guided, parent-led online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy platform for treating anxiety in children aged 5-12.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/498z9dnx

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and the STAR-CAT research team are wearing yellow in support of Young Mind's #HelloYellow campaign ✨ 💛

Cathy delivering a keynote talk at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies conference in Glasgow

Emily presenting a secondary analysis of OSI data from the OSI-GROWS project (osiresearch.org.uk/osi-grows) at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies conference in Glasgow

Lucy presenting a poster from the iCATS study (osiresearch.org.uk/icats) at the 17th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology in Roehampton

It's been a busy few weeks for the STAR-CAT team, presenting OSI research at various conferences! Here's Chief Investigator @cathycreswell.bsky.social and Trial Coordinator @emilykwhitaker.bsky.social speaking at #EABCT2025 and Senior Trial Manager @lucyannataylor.bsky.social at ICCAP ⭐

£27 million gift funds new Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research focused on young people’s mental health Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families with £27 million from The Paul Foundation.

Oxford University will create a pioneering mental health research centre for children and families, thanks to a £27 million gift from The Paul Foundation @cathycreswell.bsky.social @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social

www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/ps27-mi...

📣Oxford Health BRC Neurodiversity Conference Sept 2025

Day 1: Identifying Gaps and Advancing Mental Health Research Saïd Business School

Day 2: Community Support, Advocacy, and Lived Experience
Dept of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital

All details including how to book:
tinyurl.com/NDConference...

Very exciting to see OSI making its way to South America! 🌎
Our Chief Investigator @cathycreswell.bsky.social is in Chile this week, delivering OSI training to Chilean health workers!

@cathycreswell.bsky.social and Chloe are delighted to be in Chile this week - working with friends and colleagues to help increase access to effective treatments for child mental health problems

It's #Red4Research day - a day to recognise all those who participate in, support and deliver research! Here's the STAR-CAT team marking the occasion by wearing red. A big thank you to everyone involved in our study for making the research happen 😻 #Red4Research2025

It's been a busy week for the STAR-CAT team! We've been preparing packs of merchandise for our first few recruited families to welcome them into the study! 🛍️✨

We're very excited to finish off the week with our first family recruited to the STAR-CAT study! 🎉 🥳 Great work from one of our teams in Devon 🌟

Happy #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay 🎉

Here's our Trial Manager Kelsey with some merchandise from the STAR-CAT trial at @oxprimarycare.bsky.social's stall!

#ICTD2025 #CTD2025 #UKCTUNetwork @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk @topicgroup.bsky.social

The STAR-CAT research team are taking part in #WearItGreen day for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 💚

In STAR-CAT we're evaluating an online, parent-led intervention for autistic children with anxiety problems 👨‍👩‍👧 🖥️

We do have a couple of services in the South West who are in the progress of getting set up on the study - do get in touch (starcat@psy.ox.ac.uk) if you're interested in getting involved!

Hi James, thanks for your question! To take part in the trial, families need to be receiving treatment from a participating UK clinical service - we have an FAQ page aimed at families on our website here which might be helpful 🙂 osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/are...

We're excited to announce that the trial is now open to recruitment! Welcome to our very first site, Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust 👋

Over the next two years we will be aiming to recruit 650 families - have a read of our website to find out more: osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat 👈

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library Childhood anxiety problems are prevalent and impairing, yet many children are unable to access evidence-based treatment (i.e. cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT). Digitally augmented psychological in....

Excited to share the latest paper from Chloe Chessell, @cathycreswell.bsky.social and Rachel Evans! 🚨

Outlining the journey of Online Support Intervention (OSI), the paper highlights key considerations for translating digitally augmented mental health interventions for children into routine care. 👇

Happy holidays from all of us and thanks to our ICATS team for these festive cats 🐈

Welcome to the Bluesky account for the STAR-CAT Study! 👋

We are investigating the effectiveness of an online parent-led intervention (OSI-A), adapted for autistic children with anxiety problems 💻

Follow us to find out more and for updates about the study! 📢