STAR-CAT has hit a recruitment milestone this week, with over 200 families now involved in the study! A big thank you to all of our clinical services and the participating families 🌟

It's been #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek this week - here are the STAR-CAT team dressed in green to support yesterday's #WearItGreen day! @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

#InternationalClinicalTrialsDay (20 May) recognises the importance of research in improving health care. Throughout May we’re highlighting studies recruiting now at our BRC. STAR‑CAT, is testing an online, parent‑led programme for autistic children with anxiety. osiresearch.org.uk/star-cat/

NEWS: New mental health pathway for primary school children reduces anxiety problems  Read more about the new model delivered in schools. @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social 

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.

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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 🎄⛄

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 ✨ 💛

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 ⭐

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...

£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.

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📣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!

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From Oxford to Chile 🇬🇧🇨🇱 The highly successful OSI parent-led support programme for child anxiety is being adapted for families in a new international collaboration led by Prof Cathy Creswell. A fantastic example of research in action. #ChildMentalHealth #NIHRImpact

@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'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 👈

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. 👇

<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....

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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! 📢