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Rachel McNamara

Principal Research Fellow; Director, Brain Health & Mental Wellbeing Division

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

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Rachel McNamara is an Associate Professor at Cardiff University, UK. Her research focuses on mental health interventions for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, as evidenced by her recent articles on art-psychotherapy, video interaction guidance, and anxiety treatment methodologies. Additionally, she has investigated emotional literacy programs and the support pathways for children referred to specialist mental health services. Her work emphasizes feasibility studies and innovative interventions aimed at enhancing mental health resilience in vulnerable populations.

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Monica Busse

King’s College London

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Mapping the pathway and support offered to children with an intellectual disability referred to specialist mental health services in the UK

Building rapport in occupational therapy with autistic children

Secure care hospital evaluation of manualised interpersonal art-psychotherapy (SCHEMA): A randomised controlled trial protocol

Establishing the feasibility of a large scale RCT of Positive Behavioural and Active Support (PBAS): a digital technology for supported living services in learning disability

Secure care (forensic) hospital evaluation of manualised interpersonal art-psychotherapy (SCHEMA): A randomised controlled trial protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Behavioural interventions to treat anxiety in adults with autism and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: The BEAMS‐ID feasibility study

Exploring critical intervention features and trial processes in the evaluation of sensory integration therapy for autistic children.

Emotional literacy programme in special schools for children with a learning disability in England: the ZF-SEND feasibility RCT

Remotely Delivered Video Interaction Guidance for Families of Children With an Intellectual Disability Referred to Specialist Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Behavioural interventions to treat anxiety in adults with autism and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: the BEAMS-ID feasibility study

Specific phobias in children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities: SPIRIT, an adaptation and feasibility study

Watch Me Play!: protocol for a feasibility study of a remotely delivered intervention to promote mental health resilience for children (ages 0–8) across UK early years and children’s services

Digital adaptation of the Standing up for Myself intervention in young people and adults with intellectual disabilities: the STORM feasibility study

The acceptability of a guided internet-based trauma-focused self-help programme (Spring) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Guided, internet based, cognitive behavioural therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled non-inferiority trial (RAPID)

Sensory integration therapy for children with autism and sensory processing difficulties: the SenITA RCT.

Sensory integration therapy for children with autism and sensory processing difficulties: the SenITA RCT

Understanding the support experiences of families of children with autism and sensory processing difficulties: A qualitative study

Training the social brain: Clinical and neural effects of an 8-week real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging neurofeedback Phase IIa Clinical Trial in Autism

Neurofeedback Training versus Treatment-as-Usual for Alcohol Dependence: Results of an Early-Phase Randomized Controlled Trial and Neuroimaging Correlates

Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) for Families of Young Children With Intellectual Disability: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.

Process evaluation in intellectual disability research: A case study and the need for adaptation of frameworks.

A randomised controlled feasibility study of interpersonal art psychotherapy for the treatment of aggression in people with intellectual disabilities in secure care

The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability.

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Monica Busse

Simon Hackett

Stephan Collishaw

Manuel Gomes

Karen Bunning

Rhys Williams-Thomas

Jonathan Bisson

Nahel Yaziji

Andrew Jahoda

K. M. Gray

Angharad Nia Williams

David Linden

Iain McKinnon

Vasiliki Totsika

Atiyya Nisar

Marco Simões

Poushali Ganguli

Frances Rice

Gemma Unwin

Alexander (Sandy) Toogood

Elinor Coulman (nee John)

Matthew Franklin

Claire Nollett

Angela Hassiotis

Angela Casbard

Lucy Brookes-Howell

Jeremy Segrott

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