Emma Soneson
Fulford Junior Research Fellow
I am a mixed methods researcher in child and adolescent mental health whose research areas range from psychiatric epidemiology to intervention development and evaluation.
I am especially interested in public health approaches, the intersections between education and mental health, and ways in which we can support schools to take a central role in mental health promotion and prevention.
My current role is as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Department of Psychiatry’s BrainWaves Study, an innovative new programme that includes the (1) development of a new cohort study of adolescent mental health and wellbeing, (2) creation of a new trials platform to evaluate school-based mental health interventions, and (3) development of evidence-based educational materials for schools.
I also work closely with the OxWell Student Survey, a large schools-based survey exploring a wide range of factors related to child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing. To date, I have used the data from this survey to:
– explore access to and perceived need for mental health support among adolescents with experience of adversity,
– assess children’s and adolescents’ perceptions of school-based mental health support, and
– characterise those children and adolescents who self-reported better mental wellbeing during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown.
My ongoing analyses within the OxWell Student Survey are focused on how to ensure that mental health support is available, accessible, and acceptable to children and adolescents.
Publications
(Full publication is list available here.)
Fazel, M. & Soneson, E. (2023). Current evidence and opportunities in child and adolescent public mental health: A research review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Fazel, M., Soneson, E., Sellars, E., Butler, G., Stein, A. (2023). Partnerships at the interface of education and mental health services: The utilisation and acceptability of the provision of specialist liaison and teacher skills training. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054066
Soneson, E., Puntis, S., Chapman, N., Mansfield, K.L., Jones, P.B.**, Fazel, M.** (2022). Happier during lockdown: a descriptive analysis of self-reported wellbeing in 17,000 UK school students during Covid-19 lockdown. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01934-z
Soneson, E., Burn, A-M., Anderson, J.K., Humphrey, A., Jones, P.B., Fazel, M., Ford, T., Howarth, E. (2022). Determining stakeholder priorities and core components for school-based identification of mental health difficulties: a Delphi study. Journal of School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2022.01.008
Lo Moro, G., Soneson, E., Jones, P.B.**, Galante, J.** (2020) Establishing a theory-based multi-level approach for primary prevention of mental disorders in young people. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249445
Soneson, E., Howarth, E., Ford, T., Humphrey, A., Jones, P.B., Thompson Coon, J., Rogers, M., Anderson, J.K. (2020) Feasibility of school-based identification of children and adolescents experiencing, or at risk of developing, mental health difficulties: A systematic review. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01095-6
Anderson, J.K., Ford, T., Soneson, E., Thompson Coon, J., Humphrey, A., Rogers, M., Moore, D., Jones, P.B., Clarke, E., Howarth, E. (2018). A systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of school-based identification of children and adolescents at risk of, or currently experiencing poor mental health. Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718002490
Soneson, E., Childs-Fegredo, J., Anderson, J.K., Stochl, J., Fazel, M., Ford, T., Humphrey, A., Jones, P.B., Howarth, E. (2018) Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: A survey of UK parents. BMC Public Health. https:/doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6279-7