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Paul Wilkinson

Clinical Dean, Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Cambridge
Verified email at cam.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Rumination, anxiety, depressive symptoms and subsequent depression in adolescents at risk for psychopathology: a longitudinal cohort study

PO Wilkinson, TJ Croudace, IM Goodyer - BMC psychiatry, 2013 - Springer
Background A ruminative style of responding to low mood is associated with subsequent high
depressive symptoms and depressive disorder in children, adolescents and adults. Scores …

Elevated morning cortisol is a stratified population-level biomarker for major depression in boys only with high depressive symptoms

…, BJ Sahakian, PO Wilkinson… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Major depressive disorder (MD) is a debilitating public mental health problem with severe
societal and personal costs attached. Around one in six people will suffer from this complex …

Sporadic and recurrent non-suicidal self-injury before age 14 and incident onset of psychiatric disorders by 17 years: prospective cohort study

PO Wilkinson, T Qiu, S Neufeld, PB Jones… - The British Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is highly prevalent in adolescents and may be a
behavioural marker for emergent mental illnesses.AimsTo determine whether sporadic or …

Childhood adversity and allostatic overload of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis: A vulnerability model for depressive disorders

PO Wilkinson, IM Goodyer - Development and psychopathology, 2011 - cambridge.org
Childhood adversity is associated with increased risk for onset of depressive episodes. This
review will present evidence that allostatic overload of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal …

Attention difficulties and mood‐related ruminative response style in adolescents with unipolar depression

PO Wilkinson, IM Goodyer - Journal of Child Psychology and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Depressed adults may show impairment in switching attention from one task to
another. Rumination on negative thoughts is associated with the onset and persistence of …

[HTML][HTML] A network model of resilience factors for adolescents with and without exposure to childhood adversity

J Fritz, EI Fried, IM Goodyer, PO Wilkinson… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Resilience factors (RFs) help prevent mental health problems after childhood adversity (CA).
RFs are known to be related, but it is currently unknown how their interrelations facilitate …

Associations between adolescent depression and parental mental health, before and after treatment of adolescent depression

PO Wilkinson, C Harris, R Kelvin, B Dubicka… - European Child & …, 2013 - Springer
The negative impacts of parental mental health problems on children and adolescents are
well known, but the relationship between a child’s depression and their parents’ health is not …

Psychological distress in refugees: The role of traumatic events, resilience, social support, and support by religious faith

…, N Morina, J Knausenberger, PO Wilkinson… - Psychiatry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many refugees have been exposed to potentially traumatic events and report elevated levels
of psychological distress. However, refugees vary greatly in the severity of mental health …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative study of understanding reasons for self-harm in adolescent girls

M Miller, M Redley, PO Wilkinson - International journal of environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Objective: Self-harm is an important public health issue in the UK. Young people who self-harm
frequently feel misunderstood, and unable to access help. Improving understanding is …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among UK adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial

…, CHD Croxson, A Vignoles, PO Wilkinson… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Less than 20% of adolescents globally meet recommended levels of physical
activity, and not meeting these recommended levels is associated with social disadvantage …