Mina Fazel

Information and links can be found below on peer-review Journal publications; podcasts; books; chapters, radio programmes and blogs. Most are also on the Google Scholar link

JOURNALS (email me if you’d like a copy; * denotes my favourites!)

More recent highlights:

• H Bear, E Soneson, G Geyulayov, M Fazel. Algorithmically driven exposure to online self-harm content and its association with broader psychosocial risk in 32,000 adolescents. Nature Mental Health 21 July 2026 article video
• M Fazel, K Rose-Clarke. Schools at the centre: embedding adolescent mental health within the education ecosystem. Lancet Psychiatry 2026: 13(8); 637-9 comment
• M Fazel, E Soneson, D Newby, M Parker, J Herring. Adolescent Consent and Generation Alpha: bridging policy, practice and empirical evidence in healthcare. BJPsych 2025; Dec 15:1-6. article
• * S White, E Soneson, OxWell, M Fazel. Networks of Care for the Modern Adolescent Psych Med Dec 19:1-14. doi: 10.1017/S003329172400237X. Online ahead of print. article
• M Fazel. Children’s virtual and material upbringing. Lancet 2024; 403: 1741-1742 book review
• * M Fazel, E Soneson. Current evidence and opportunities in Child & Adolescent Public Mental Health: a research review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2023; 64 (12): 1699-1719 article
• * G Geulayov, R Borschmann, KL Mansfield, K Hawton, P Moran, M Fazel. Utilisation and acceptability of formal and informal support for adolescents following self-harm before and during the first COVID-19 lockdown: results from a large-scale English schools survey. Frontiers Psychiatry 2022;13:881248 article
• H Bear, L Ayala-Nunes, J DeJesus, S Liverpool, B Moltrecht, L Neelakantan, E Harriss, E Watkins, M Fazel. Determining markers of successful implementation: a systematic review of mental health apps for young people. JMIR 2022 Nov 9;24(11):e40347 article

Other papers:

• IN PRESS J Ward, F Happe, OxWell Study Team, M Fazel. Are school-aged children who self-identify as neurodivergent at greater risk of substance misuse? A study of 20,000 secondary school students. Child Care Health and Development
• IN  PRESS H Bear, M Karimipour, O Robertson, M Fazel, E Soneson. A Mixed-Methods Randomised Controlled Trial of Consent Procedures in Adolescent Health Research: Implications for Participation, Completion, and Data Integrity. BMC Medical Research Methodology
• H Bear, JR Badger, S O’Leary, OxWell Study Team, M Fazel. Broadening participation: Measuring the mental health of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Br J Special Edu 16 July 2026 article
• L Havers, M Fazel, M Smuk, D Fancourt, P Fonagy, P McCrone, C Morgan, G Pavarini, K Bhui, GM. Hosang, S Shakoor. Intersectional inequalities in childhood maltreatment and adolescent emotional problems: a MAIHDA analysis of a large community sample in England. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 2026 Jun 4:35:e34. article
• S. White, S. Patel, and M. Fazel. The OxWell Student Survey 2025- Study Description. Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford. report
• M Little, M Fazel, SA Jebb, S Wane, OxWell Study Team, P Aveyard. Weight Concern and Desire for Weight Loss Support in Adolescents: Results from a large cross-sectional school survey. JCPP Advances 2026 Apr 16:e70124. article
• A Obse, G Pavarini; M Fazel; M Ma; D Fancourt; C Morgan; E Harriss; K Bhui; L Smith; S Hugh-Jones; S Shakoor; G Hosang; L Havers; A Mankee-Williams; P McCrone. Cost-effectiveness of digital health interventions for supporting mental health of children and young people: a rapid review and narrative synthesis. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2026:35;1699-1716
• C Faria, OxWell Study Team, M Fazel, E Soneson, T Ford, S White. The prevalence of eating difficulties in children and young people in England: a large cross sectional school survey. JCPP Advances 17 March 2026 article
• G Illingworth, S Skripkauskaite, OxWell Study Team, M Fazel, F Nap time: Adolescent napping patterns and associations with sleep problems and mental health, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology IJCHP-D-25-00540
• S Skripkauskaite, G Geulayov, OxWell, M Fazel, R Borschmann, OxWell. Patterns of Help-Seeking for mental health problems in 1001 Neurodivergent Adolescents who Self-harm JCPP Advances 2026, 6(2): e70050
• G Bignardi, OxWell, M Fazel,  SJ Blakemore. The prevalence of food insecurity and its relationship with wellbeing in a large, cross-sectional study of children and young people in England JCPP Advances 2026, 6(2): e70049
• M Karimipour, M Fazel, E Soneson. Better Design, Better Engagement, Better Data: Adolescents’ Insights for Improving Health Research. Health Expectations 2026; 29: e70549
• Hugh-Jones S, Prabhu S, Arelingaiah M, Podiya J, Lakshman K, Nag R, Warriner L, Palmer A, Hudson K, Fazel M, Ventakaraman S, Cooke P, Mallikarjun P, Khandeparkar P, Bhola P and Navaneetham J. Investing in youth public mental health in India: multi-stakeholder co-production of a whole school program to promote the mental health of Indian adolescents. Frontiers in Public Health 2025; 13: 1670439
• T McPherson, J Ravenscroft, M Fazel, R Nanbarrow, S Baron. Reframing ‘Dermatitis Artefacta’ in Children and Young People as a Functional Skin Disorder: building trust, improving communication and enhancing recovery. Br J Dermatology 2026; 104 (2):363-365
• L Neelakantan, F Meinck, M Fazel. Factor structure, measurement invariance and correlates of a modified version of the Short Child Maltreatment Questionnaire (SCMQ) among adolescents in England. Child Abuse and Neglect 2025; 169:2:107660
• Marten C, Bampton E, Björling EA, Burn AM, Carey E, Fernandes B, Kalha J, Lindani S, Masomera H, Neelakantan L, Ranganathan S, Shah H, Sibisi R, Sieberts SK, Sumant S, Suver C, Thungana Y, Velloza J, Mensa-Kwao A, Collins PY, Fazel M, Ford T, Freeman M, Pathare S, Zingela Z, Doerr M. The Effectiveness of Adaptations for Online Remote Public Deliberation Across Three Continents: Mixed Methods Study
  J Particip Med 2025; 17: e59697
• R Reid-McCann, O Poli-Neto, K Stein, S Dixon, E Cox, L Coxon, M Fazel, MA Noonan, GC Sharp, K Zondervan, K Vincent. Dysmenorrhoea in adolescence and chronic pain in adulthood: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective cohort Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2025; 9: 766-75
• M Fazel, E Soneson. Fragmentation in adolescent health care provision BJPsych Open 2025; 11 (4), e142
• RF Nawaz­, T Ford, M Fazel, G Geulayov, S White. School experiences and self-harm in the OxWell study. JCPP Advances 2025; e70025
•  M Fazel. The Wars Within: Uncomfortable Truths About the Bullying of Girls in Conflict-Affected Societies CAMH 2025; 30 (3): 278-280
• H Bear, C Money, E Watkins, M Fazel. Incentivising participation in mental health app research: lessons learned from a mixed methods randomised controlled trial (RCT). BJPsych Open 2025; 11 (3): e111
• E Soneson, M Fazel, P Goli, OxWell Study Team, SR White. Are Adolescents Sensitive about Sensitive Data? Exploring student concerns about privacy, confidentiality, and data use in health research. Journal of Adolescence 2025; 76 (6): 1008-1017
•  H Bear, M Fazel, the OxWell Study Team, S Skripkauskaite. Isolation despite hyper-connectivity? The association between adolescents’ mental health and online behaviours in a large study of school-aged students. Current Psychology 2025; 44(8): 7124-7137 (DOI: 10.1007/s12144-025-07643-z)
• G Illingworth, T Manchanda, S Skripkauskaite, M Fazel, F Waite. Social jetlag and sleep habits in children and adolescents: associations with autonomy (bedtime setting and electronics curfew) and electronic media use before sleep Chronobiology International 2025, 42(1): 46-57
• W Siza Mabaso, S Hein, G Pavarini, OxWell, M Fazel.  Exploring the relationship between public social media accounts, adolescent mental health and parental guidance: insights from a large English cross-sectional school survey. JMIR 2024; 26: e57154
• R Horton, A Mcintosh, EO Ostinelli, E Harriss, M Fazel. Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Perinatally Acquired HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. JAIDS 2025; 98 (5), 411-428
• IN PRESS G Illingworth, Tanya Manchanda, Simona Skripkauskaite, Mina Fazel, Felicity Waite. Social jetlag and sleep habits in children and adolescents: associations with autonomy (bedtime setting and electronics curfew) and electronic media use before sleep Chronobiology International
• W Siza Mabaso, S Hein, G Pavarini, OxWell, M Fazel. Exploring the relationship between public social media accounts, adolescent mental health and parental guidance: insights from a large English cross-sectional school survey. JMIR 2024; 26: e57154
• R Horton, A Mcintosh, EO Ostinelli, E Harriss, M Fazel. Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Perinatally Acquired HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. JAIDS 2025 January 2 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003595
• G Illingworth, KL Mansfield, S Skripkauskaite, M Fazel, F Waite. Insomnia symptoms in children and adolescents: Screening for sleep problems with the Two-item Sleep Condition Indicator (SCI-02) BMC Public Health 2024; 24(1): 2957
• E Soneson, S O’Leary, M Fazel. Trans and gender diverse identities in adolescent health research: Making the most of imperfect data. BMJ Mental Health 2024; 27:1-5
• IN PRESS E Watkins et al. Brief Use of Behavioral Activation Features Predicts Benefits of Self-help App on Depression Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of a Selective Prevention Trial in Young People”, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
• H Bear, L Ayala-Nunes; T Manchanda; B Fernandes, Edward Watkins; M Fazel. The acceptability, engagement, and feasibility of mental health apps for marginalised and underserved young people: Systematic review and qualitative study JMIR 2024; 25: e48964
• E Watkins; et al. Emotional competence self-help mobile phone app versus cognitive behavioural self-help app versus self-monitoring app to promote well-being in healthy young adults (ECoWeB PROMOTE): an international, multicentre, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Digital Health 2024; e904-e913
• E Watkins; et al. Emotional competence self-help app versus cognitive-behavioural self-help app versus self-monitoring app to prevent depression in young adults with elevated risk (ECoWeB PREVENT): an international, multicentre, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Digital Health 2024, 2024; 6 (12), e894-903
• L Havers, R Shuai, P Fonagy, M Fazel, C Morgan, D Fancourt, M Smuk, K Bhui, S Shakoor, G Hosang. A cross-sectional investigation into the role of intersectionality as a moderator of the relation between youth adversity and adolescent depression /anxiety symptoms in the community. Journal of Adolescence 2024; 96:1304-1315
• IN PRESS J Lopez-Lopez, K Tilling, RM Pearson; M Fazel, E Washbrook, Y Zhu, BJ Smith, E Dunn, ADAC Smith. Depressive symptoms in adolescence and adult educational and employment outcomes: a structured life course analysis. Psychol Med. Published online 2024:1-8. doi:10.1017/S0033291724001090
• A Mensa-Kwaao, L Neelakantan et al. An Application of Evidence-based approaches to engage young people in the design of a global mental health databank. Health Expectations 2024; 27(5): e14172
• G Geulayov, K Mansfield, C Jindra, K Hawton, M Fazel. Loneliness and self-harm in adolescents during the first national COVID-19 lockdown: results from a survey of 10,000 secondary school pupils in England Curr Psychol2024; 43: 14063-14074 article
• E Soneson, E Howarth, P Jones, M Fazel. Empowering school staff to support pupil mental health through a brief interactive web-based training program: Mixed methods study JMIR 2024; 26: e46764
• E Carey, L Neelakantan, B Fernandes, M Fazel, T Ford, MindKind Consortium, AM Burn. Preferences on governance models for mental health data: Qualitative study with young people. JMIR Formative Research 2024; 8(1): e50368
• L Havers, R Shuai, P Fonagy, M Fazel, C Morgan, D Fancourt, M Smuk, K Bhui, S Shakoor, G Hosang. Youth adversity and trajectories of depression/anxiety symptoms in adolescence in the context of intersectionality in the United Kingdom Psychological Medicine 2024 Published online 2024:1-11. doi:10.1017/S0033291724000795
• E Soneson, S White, E Howarth, T Ford, M Fazel*, P Jones*. Access to and perceived unmet need for mental health services and support in a community sample of UK adolescents with and without experience of childhood adversity. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2024, 33, p.e1.
• G Hosang, L Havers, R Shuai, R, P Fonagy, M Fazel, C Morgan, Karamanos A, D Fancourt, P McCrone, M Smuk, K Bhui, S Shakoor. Protocol for secondary data analysis of 4 UK cohorts examining youth adversity and mental health in the context of intersectionality. PloS ONE 2023; 18(8): e0289438
• S Abdi, AM. Akinsulure-Smith, A Sarkadi, M Fazel, H Ellis, BH Gillespie, L Juang, TS Betancourt. Promoting Positive Development among Refugee adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence  2023; 33: 1064-1084.
• T McPherson et al. British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Dermatology (BSPAD) guideline for assessment and support of mental health in children and young people (CYP) with skin conditions: A multi-disciplinary expert consensus. Br J Dermatol 2023; 189 (4): 459-466
• B Fernandes, L Neelakantan, ……. MindKind Consortium, M Fazel. Evidencing the impact of online youth co-production on mental health research: Findings from the MindKind study JMIR Public Health & Surveillance 2023; 9(1):e42963
• E Soneson, S Puntis, N Chapman, K Mansfield, P Jones*, M Fazel*. Happier in Lockdown: A descriptive analysis of self-reported wellbeing in 17,000 UK students during Covid-19 lockdown. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2023; 32 (6): 1131-1146
• S Sieberts, et al. Young people’s data governance preferences for their mental health data: MindKind Study findings from India, South Africa, and the United Kingdom 2023 PLoS ONE; 18(4): e0279857
• I Thompson, L Nurse, M Fazel. Tensions in cultural identity and sense of belonging for internally displaced adolescents in Ukraine Child Care in Practice 2023; 29(3): 319-334
• M Fazel, E Soneson, E Sellars, G Butler, A Stein. Partnerships at the interface of education and mental health services: the utilisation and acceptability of specialist liaison and teacher skills-training provision 2023 IJERPH; 20(5): 4066
• T Manchanda, A Stein, M Fazel. Investigating the role of friendship interventions on the mental health outcomes of adolescents: a scoping review of range and a systematic review of effectiveness 2023IJERPH; 20(3):2160
• Astle, A. Moore, L. Marryat, E Viding, K.L. Mansfield, M. Fazel, … & Ford, T. J. We need timely access to mental health data- A brief response to the Goldacre Review Lancet Psychiatry 2023; 10(4): 242-4
• E Soneson, S Das, AM Burn, M van Melle, JK Anderson, M Fazel, P Fonagy, T Ford, R Gilbert, K Harron, E Howarth, A Humphrey, PB Jones, A Moore. Leveraging administrative data to better understand and address child maltreatment: a scoping review of data linkage studies Child Maltreatment 2023; 28(1): 175-195

• S Skripkauskaite, M Fazel, OxWell Study Team. Time Spent Gaming, Device Type, Addiction Scores, and Well-being in Adolescent English Gamers: Latent Profile Analysis of the 2021 OxWell Survey Data. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 2022 Nov 18;5(4):e41480. doi: 10.2196/41480 article
• E Soneson, S Puntis, N Chapman, K Mansfield, P Jones*, M Fazel*. Happier in Lockdown: A descriptive analysis of self-reported wellbeing in 17,000 UK students during Covid-19 lockdown. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022; Feb 17: 1-16 article
• G Albright, M Fazel, N Khalid, J McMillan, D Hilty, K Shockley, S Joshi. High School Educator Training by Simulation to Address Emotional and Behavioral Concerns in the School Settings: A Randomized Study. JTIBS 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-022-00243-9
• G Illingworth, KL Mansfield, CA Espie, M Fazel*, F Waite*. Sleep in the time of COVID-19: Findings from 18000 school-aged children and adolescents in the UK during the first national lockdown SLEEP Advances 2022; Volume 3: Issue 1  article
• E Soneson, S Das, AM Burn, M van Melle, JK Anderson, M Fazel, P Fonagy, T Ford, R Gilbert, K Harron, E Howarth, A Humphrey, PB Jones, A Moore. Leveraging administrative data to better understand and address child maltreatment: a scoping review of data linkage studies Child Maltreatment 2022; March 3 article
• KL Mansfield, S Puntis, E Soneson, A Cipriani, G Geulayov, M Fazel. Study Protocol: The OxWell annual school survey investigating social, emotional and behavioural factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e052717 pdf
• M Glogowska, M Stepney, S Rocks, M Fazel. Implementation of significant mental health service change: Perceptions and concerns of a mental health workforce in the context of transformation J Health Organization Management 2022; 36 (9):66-78 article
• M Fazel, S Puntis, S White, A Townsend, K Mansfield, R Viner, J Herring, A Pollard, D Freeman. Willingness of children and adolescents to have a COVID-19 vaccination: results of a large whole schools survey in England. EClinicalMedicine DOI:10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101144 article
• *M Fazel, A Townsend, H Stewart, M Pao, I Paz, J Walker, SM Sawyer, M Sharpe. Integrated care to address child and adolescent health in the 21st century: a clinical review. JCPP Advances 2021;e12045 article
• IN PRESS E Soneson, AM Burns, M Fazel, T Ford, E Howarth. Determining stakeholder priorities and core components for school-based identification of mental health difficulties: a Delphi study J School Psychology
• G Fellmeth, S Nosten, N Kirikoekkong, ME Gilder, E Plugge, M Fazel, R Fitzpatrick, R McGready. Suicidal ideation in the perinatal period: findings from the Thailand-Myanmar border. J Pub Health. 2021; fdab297, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab297
• M Senior, T Fanshawe, M Fazel, S Fazel Prediction models for child and adolescent mental health: a systematic review of methodology and reporting in recent research JCPP Advances DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.12034
• K Mansfield, D Newby, E Soneson, N Vaci, C Jindra, G Geulayov, J Gallacher, M Fazel. COVID-19 partial school closures and mental health problems: a cross-sectional survey of 11,000 adolescents to determine those most at risk. JCPP Advances 2021; https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12021 article
• R Blackmore, M Gibson-Helm, G Melvin, J Boyle, M Fazel, KM Gray. Validation of a Dari translation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale among women of refugee background at a public antenatal clinic Aus NZ J Psych 2021 Jul 10;48674211025687. article
• PREPRINT Hugh-Jones S, Naidu J, Al-Janabi H, Bhola P, Cook P, Fazel M, Hudson K, Khandeparkar P, Mirzoev T, Venkataraman S, West R, P Mallikarjun P. Safeguarding Adolescent Mental Health in India (SAMA): study protocol for co- design and feasibility study of a school systems intervention targeting adolescent anxiety and depression in India. medRxiv preprint
• M Fazel, S Rocks, M Glogowska, M Stepney, A Tsiachristas. How does reorganisation in child and adolescent mental health services affect access to services? An observational study of two services in England PLoS One 2021; 16(5):e0250691 article
• M Fazel, D Newby. Mental well-being and school exclusion: changing the discourse from vulnerability to acceptance Emotional and Behavioural Disorders https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2021.1898767 article
• PREPRINT KL Mansfield, C Jindra, G Geulayov, M Fazel. Self-reported wellbeing and sample characteristics in a survey of 19000 school pupils during the first UK COVID-19 school closures. 2021  preprint
• * T King, M Fazel Examining the mental health outcomes of school-based peer-led interventions on young people: a scoping review of range and a systematic review of effectiveness PLOS One 2021; 16(4): e0249553 article; pdf
• M Fazel, D Newby. Mental well-being and school exclusion: changing the discourse from vulnerability to acceptance Emotional and Behavioural Disorders 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2021.1898767 article; pdf
• Ford, K Mansfield, S Markham, S McManus, A John, D O’Reilly, T Newlove-Delgado, M Iverson, M Fazel, J Das Munshi et al. The challenges and opportunities of mental health data sharing in the UK.Lancet Digital Health. 2021; 3:E333-336 article
• J Lopez-Lopez, A Kwong, L Washbrook, K Tilling, M Fazel, R Pearson. Depressive symptoms and academic achievement in British adolescents: a cross-lagged analysis with genetic covariants J Affective Disorders 2021; 284: 104-113 article; pdf
• * M Fazel, K Hoagwood. School mental health: integrating young people’s voices to shift the paradigm. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2021; 5(3):156-157 commentary; 
• E Sellars, G Pavarini, D Michelson, C Creswell, M Fazel. Young People’s Advisory Groups in Health Research: Scoping Review and Mapping of Practices. Archives of Disease in Childhood doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-320452 article; pdf
• M Mansoubi, B Weedon; P Esser; N Mayo; M Fazel; W Wade; T Ward; S Kemp; A Delextrat; H Dawes. Cognitive performance, quality and quantity of movement reflect psychological symptoms in early adolescents. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 2020; 19(2): 364-373
• R Blackmore, J Boyle, M Fazel, S Ranasinha, KM Gray, G Fitzgerald, M Misso, M Gibson-Helm. The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Refugees and Asylum Seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis PLOS Medicine 2020; 17(9): e1003337 article; pdf 
• S Rocks, M Glogowska, M Stepney, A Tsiachristas, M Fazel. Introducing a single point of access (SPA) to child and adolescent mental health services in England: a mixed-methods observational study, BMC Health Services Research 2020; 20:623 article; pdf
• G Fellmeth, E Plugge, M Fazel, MM Oo, M Pimanpanarak, Y Phichitpadungtham, Kerala Wai, P Charunwatthana, JA Simpson, F Nosten, R Fitzpatrick, R McGready. Prevalence and determinants of perinatal depression among labour migrant and refugee women on the Thai-Myanmar border: a cohort study. BMC Psychiatry2020;20(1)168 article; pdf
• * M Fazel, H Stratford, C Chen, H Griffiths, E Rowsell, K Robjant. Five applications of Narrative Exposure Therapy for children and adolescents presenting with post-traumatic stress disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2020; 11:19 article
• K Mansfield, J Gallacher, M Mourby, M Fazel. Five models of child and adolescent data linkage in the UK: a review of existing and proposed methods. Evidence-Based Mental Health 2020;23(1):39-44 article; pdf
• S Rocks, M Fazel, A Tsiachristas, M Fazel. The impact of transforming Mental Health Services for young people in England on patient access, resource use and health: a quasi-experimental study BMJ Open 2020;10:e034067. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034067 article; pdf
• R Blackmore, J Boyle, M Fazel, S Ranasinha, KM Gray, G Fitzgerald, M Misso, M Gibson-Helm. The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Child and Adolescent Refugees and Asylum Seekers: a systematic review and meta-analysis J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2019 article  abstract
• J Lopez-Lopez, A Kwong, R Pearson; K Tilling, M Fazel, L Washbrook, J Kidger, G Hammerton. Trajectories of depressive symptoms and adult educational and employment outcomes. BMJ Open 2020 6(1), E6. doi:10.1192/bjo.2019.90 article; pdf
• * M Fazel, B Kohrt. Prevention vs Intervention in School Mental Health. Lancet Psychiatry 20196(12):969-971 article; pdf

• * M Fazel Focusing a lens on refugee families to address layers of avoidance Lancet Public Health 2019; 4: PE318-319 article; pdf
• D Horwood, J Baker, M Fazel, S Rees, L Heslop, D Silove. School Factors Related to the Emotional Wellbeing And Resettlement Outcomes of Students From Refugee Backgrounds: Protocol For A Systematic Review. Systematic Reviews 2019;8:107 article; pdf
• T King, M Fazel. Examining the mental health outcomes of peer-led school-based interventions on young people aged between 4 and 18 years old: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews 2019; 8:104 article; pdf
• M Cortina, H Jack, K Kahn, S Tollman, A Stein, M Fazel. The relationship between children’s cognitions and later educational progress in rural South Africa: A longitudinal study Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2019 Mar 6:jech-2018 article
• S Rocks, M Stepney, M Glogowska, M Fazel, A Tsiachristas. Understanding and Evaluating new models of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in South-East England: A study protocol BMJ Open 2018;8: e024230 article
• M Fazel. Refugees and the post-migration environment. BMC Medicine 2018 16:164 article
• B Kohrt, L Asher, A Bhardwaj, M Fazel, M Jordans, B Mutamba, A Nadkarni, G Pedersen, D Singla, V Patel. The role of communities in metal health care in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-review of components and competencies International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2018;15:1279 article; pdf
• G Fellmeth, E Plugge, S Nosten, MM Oo, M Fazel, P Charunwatthana, F Nosten, R Fitzpatrick, R McGready. Living with severe perinatal depression: a qualitative study of the experiences of migrant women on the Thai-Myanmar border BMC Psychiatry 2018; 18:229
• T Betancourt, M Fazel. Advancing an Implementation Science Agenda on Mental Health and Psychosocial Responses in War-Affected Settings: Comment on Trials of a Psychosocial Intervention for Youth Affected by the Syrian Crisis J Child Psychol Psychiatry; 2018:59(5):542-544 article; pdf
• A Sim, M Fazel, L Bowes, F Gardiner. Pathways linking war and displacement to parenting and child adjustment: A qualitative study with Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Soc Sci Med 2018; 200: 19-26 article; pdf
• *M Fazel, T Betancourt. Preventive Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children in High-Income Settings: a narrative review. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2018;2(2):121-132 article; pdf
• *M Noroozi, I Singh, M Fazel. Evaluation of the minimum age for consent to mental health treatment with the minimum age of criminal responsibility in children and adolescents: a global comparison Evidence-Based Mental Health 2018;21:82-86 article; pdf
• E Soneson, J Childs-Fegredo, J Anderson, J Stochl , M Fazel, T Ford, A Humphries, P Jones, E Howarth. Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: a survey of UK parents BMC Public Health 2018;18:1404 article; pdf
• *M Fazel. Psychological and psychosocial interventions for refugee children resettled in high-income countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Services 2018; 27(2):117-123 article; pdf
•  G Fellmeth, M Fazel, E Plugge Cohort profile: The Migrant Perinatal Depression Study: a prospective cohort study of perinatal depression on the Thai-Myanmar border. BMJ Open 2018;8:e017129 article; pdf
• H Bould, C Newbegin, A Stewart, A Stein, M Fazel. Eating disorders in children and young people. BMJ 2017;359:j5245 [Clinical update] article; pdf; infographic
• H Bould, A Stewart, M Fazel, C Newbegin, A Stein. Assessment of child or young person with a possible eating disorder. BMJ 2017;359:j5328 [Practice Pointer] article; pdf
• K, Stein, R. Pearson, A. Stein, M Fazel. The predictive value of childhood recurrent abdominal pain for adult emotional disorders, and the influence of negative cognitive style. Findings from a cohort study. PLoS ONE 2017; 12(9):e018643 article; pdf
• *M Murphy, M Abel, S Stephan, M Jellinek, M Fazel. Scope, scale, and dose of the world’s largest school based mental health programs Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2017:25:218-228 abstract
• H Griffiths, M Fazel. Early intervention crucial in anxiety disorders in children. Practitioner 2016; 260 (1794): 17-20 pdf
• G Fellmeth, M Fazel, E Plugge. Migration, pregnancy and mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, associated factors and interventions for women from low- and middle-income countries  BJOG 2016 Jun 20. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14184 article: pdf
• *M Fazel, J Garcia, A Stein. The right location? Experiences of refugee adolescents seen by school-based mental health services Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2016; 21:368-380 article; pdf
• M Cortina, A Stein, K Kahn, T Hunglawi, E Holmes, M Fazel. Cognitive styles and psychological functioning in rural South African students: understanding influences for risk and resilience Journal of Adolescence 49 (2016) 38e46 article; pdf
• M Fazel: Methylphenidate for ADHD BMJ 2015;351:h5875 editorial
• M Fazel Proactive depression services needed for at-risk populations Lancet Psychiatry 2015;http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00470-8 comment

• K Stein, M Fazel. Depression in young people often goes undetected. Practitioner 2015; 259 (1782) 17-22 article
• N Verkuyl, M Perkins, M Fazel. Childhood Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder BMJ 2015: 10.1136/bmj.h2168  article; pdf; accompanying podcasts
• E Murray, M Fernandez, M Fazel, S Kennedy, J Villar, A Stein. Differential effects of intrauterine growth restriction on neurodevelopmental outcomes in children: a systematic review BJOG 2015; 122: 1062-1072 article; pdf
•  M Cortina, M Fazel. The Art Room: An Evaluation Of A Targeted School-based Group Intervention For Students With Emotional And Behavioural Difficulties, The Arts in Psychotherapy 2015; 42: 35-40 article; pdf
•  M Fazel. A moment of change: facilitating refugee children’s mental health in UK schools International Journal of Educational Development 2015: 41; 255-261 article; pdf
• H Grant-Peterkin, T Schleicher, M Fazel, S Majid, K Robjant, C Katona. Inadequate mental healthcare in immigration removal centres BMJ 2014; 349: g6627 article; pdf
• *M Fazel, K Hoagwood, S Stephan, T Ford. School-based mental health interventions in high-income countries. Lancet Psychiatry 2014; 1: 377-87 article;  pdf
• *M Fazel, V Patel, S Thomas, W Tol. School-based mental health interventions in low and middle-income countries. Lancet Psychiatry 2014; 1: 388-98 article; pdf
• *M Fazel, U Karunakara, E Newnham. Detention, denial and death: migration hazards for refugee children Lancet Global Health 2014; 2(6), e313-e314 article; pdf

• R. Tyrer, M Fazel. School and community-based interventions for refugee and asylum seeking children: A Systematic Review PLoS ONE 2014; 9(2):e89359. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089359 article; pdf; figure

• M Cortina, M Fazel, T Hunglawi, M Cortina Borja, S Tollman, K Kahn, A Stein. Childhood psychological problems in school settings in rural Southern Africa. PLOS One 2013; 8(6): e65041. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065041 article; pdf

• R Reed, M Fazel and L Goldring. Easily missed? Post-traumatic stress disorder. Practice Article, BMJ 2012;344:e3790 article; pdf

• M Cortina, A Sodha, M Fazel, P Ramchandani. Prevalence of child mental health problems in sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2012:166(3);276-281  article; pdf
• R. Reed, M Fazel, L. Jones, C. Panter-Brick, A. Stein. Mental health of displaced and refugee resettled in low and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors The Lancet 2011 379(9812):250-265  abstract; pdf; (pdf also freely available via evidence aid)
• M Fazel, R. Reed, C. Panter-Brick, A. Stein. Mental health of displaced and refugee resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors The Lancet 2011 379(9812):266-282  abstract; pdf (pdf also freely available via evidence aid)
• K. Robjant, M. Fazel. The Emerging Evidence for Narrative Exposure Therapy  Clinical Psychology Review 2010;30:1030-39  article; pdf
• M Fazel, H Doll, A Stein. A school-based mental health intervention for refugee  children: an exploratory study Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2009, 14(2): 297-  309  abstract; pdf
• M Cortina, K Kahn, M Fazel, T Hlungwani, Tollman S, Bhana A, Prothrow-Stith D, Stein A. School-based interventions can play a critical role in enhancing children’s development and health in the developing world Child: Care, Health and Development 2008;34: 1-3  article; pdf
• M Fazel, N Langstrom, M Grann, S Fazel. Psychopathology in adolescent and young adult criminal offenders (15-21 years) in Sweden Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2008;43: 319-24 article; pdf
• P Ramchandani, M Fazel, A Stein, N Wiles, M Hotopf. The impact of recurrent abdominal pain: predictors of outcome in a large population cohort Acta Paediatrica 2007;96:697–701  abstract; pdf
• M Fazel, D Silove. Detention of Refugees in the UK BMJ 2006;332:251-252  editorial; pdf
• J Jancovic Gavrilovic, M Schutzwohl, M. Fazel, S. Priebe. Who seeks treatment after a traumatic event and who does not? A review of findings on mental health service utilization  Journal of Traumatic Stress 2005;18:595-606  abstract; pdf
• M. Fazel, J. Wheeler, J. Danesh. Prevalence of serious mental disorder in 7000 refugees resettled in western countries: a systematic review The Lancet 2005;365:1309-14 article; pdf; (pdf also freely available via evidence aid)
• M. Fazel, A Stein. UK immigration law disregards best interests of children The Lancet 2004;363:1749-50  commentary; pdf
• M. Fazel. Why I’m a reluctant rapid responder. BMJ 2004;328:413.1  [personal view]
• M. Fazel, A. Stein. The mental health of refugee children: comparative study BMJ 2003;327:134  article; pdf
• M. Fazel, A. Stein. The Mental Health of Refugee Children Archives of Disease in Childhood 2002;87:366‑70  abstract; pdf
• M. Fazel. “The medical implications of controlled fasting” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 1998;91: 260-63  pdf
• M. Fazel. “Now show me your tongue-a taste of medicine in China”  The Lancet 1995;346:1687-88  pdf

Selection of PODCASTS

2024: OxWell series on ACAMH

2022: University of Oxford Futuremakers episode: S4 Ep7: Supporting the mental health of young people with Cynthia Germanotta

2022: Supporting Refugee Children

2021: Mental health impacts of Covid-19 school closures

2020: Child Refugee mental health needs ACAMH

2019: E Schroeder, M Fazel. 6 Episodes on Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children

2015: BMJ podcast on ADHD diagnosis & treatment

2014: Lancet Psychiatry on School-based mental health interventions

Short film on fluoxetine

BOOKS

Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry 7^th edition. Oxford University Press. P Harrison, P Cowen, T Burns, M Fazel. 2017 link

BLOGS

The scars of modern slavery: trafficked people with severe mental illness: 19 Oct 2015 Mental Elf. Read here

School Mental health- whose responsibility: Huffington Post 17 Feb 2016 (part of Young Minds Matter Series) Read

Increased vulnerability of migrants: non-affective psychosis in Sweden: 16 March 2016 The Mental Elf Read

M Fazel (14 Feb 2017) Mental Health in the age of mass migration. 14 Feb 2017 The Mental Elf Read

Treatments for traumatised refugees: more complex interventions needed. 2 Aug 2017 The Mental Elf Read

CHAPTERS

• IN PRESS I Paz, M Fazel. Children and Young People. Oxford Handbook of Liaison Psychiatry
• IN PRESS M Fazel. Chapter 41 Refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced children. 7^th edition of Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Eds: Anita Thapar and Daniel Pine, Samuele Cortese, Cathy Creswell, Tamsin Ford, James Leckman, Argyris Stringaris
• M Fazel, H Griffiths. Supporting the attendance of vulnerable children at school: a lens on refugee children and those with life-limiting illnesses. Chapter 7 In T Ford (Ed) Mental Health and Attendance at school
• M Fazel. School- based mental health interventions and Other Therapies to Help Refugee Children Chapter 8. In Aten & Hwang (eds.) Refugee Mental Health, APA Publications
• M Fazel, S Rees, D Silove. Refugees and populations exposed to mass conflict. In the New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, Third Edition, Eds J Geddes, N Andreasen, G Goodwin. Oxford University Press 2020
• M Fazel, A O’Higgins. School-based interventions with Refugee Families. Chapter 17 in L Herne & C Rousseau Working with Refugee Families: Coping with Trauma and Displacement in family relationships. Cambridge University Press  2020
• E. Newnham, S Kashyap, J Tearne, M Fazel. Child Mental Health in the Context of War: An Overview of Risk Factors and Interventions for Refugee and War-affected Youth. In Mental health in refugee and post-conflict populations: Theory, Research and Clinical Practice. Eds: N Morina, A Nickerson. Springer Nature Switzerland 2018
• R Reed, R Tyrer, M Fazel. Treating forcibly displaced young people: global challenges in mental health care. In S. Patel, D. Reicherter (eds.), Psychotherapy for Immigrant Youth, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 chapter info
• M Fazel, R Reed, A Stein. Refugee, asylum-seeking and internally-displaced children and adolescents (Chapter 44) in Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 6th Edition  July 2015, Wiley-Blackwell book info
• R Reed and M Fazel. Safeguarding the mental health needs of separated children. (Chapter 6) in Safeguarding Children from Abroad: Refugee, Trafficked and Migrant Children in the UK. Eds: E Kelly, F Bokhari. Jesscia Kingsley, London 2012  book info

RADIO

BBC World Service: Turmoil around the World and in Ourselves. 14 September 2016 listen here

OTHER

• Rapid Response to Bring in Universal Health Checks in Schools BMJ 2013 347:f5478
• HPA and DH: Understanding the health needs of migrants in the South East region: a report by the South East Migrant Health Study Group on behalf of the Department of Health. October 2010. Health Protection Agency Involved in writing Chapter 5: Mental health needs of migrants in the South East region  pdf
• S Shepperd, H Doll, S Gowers, A James, M Fazel, R Fitzpatrick, J Pollock. Alternatives to inpatient mental health care for children and young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009 Art. No: CD006410.pub2 DOI:10.1002/14651858  pdf
• Y. Schibel, M. Fazel, R. Robb, P. Garner. “Refugee integration: Can research synthesis inform policy? Feasibility study report” RDS On-line Report 13/02. (www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/rdsolr1302.pdf) 2002 Research Development and Statistics Directorate, Home Office  pdf

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