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Dr Maria Loades is a Reader (Clinical Tutor) for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme. Maria qualified as a Clinical Psychologist from the University of East Anglia in 2008. After qualification, she worked in a variety of mental health settings, predominantly in community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She completed a post-graduate diploma in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for children, young people and families at the Anna Freud Centre/University College London in 2013, and a Postgraduate Certificate in the Supervision of Applied Psychology Practice at the University of Oxford in 2015. She was accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists (BABCP) as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer and is also registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council.
Maria's research programme focuses on enabling adolescents to access effective treatments for emerging mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Maria secured an NIHR doctoral research fellowship in 2016 to further her research into depression in adolescents with fatigue in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Bristol and the Royal United Hospital, Bath. She was also a co-Investigator on a Wellcome Trust funded project to develop a universal school based programme to prevent anxiety and/or depression in young adolescents in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Maria currently holds an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement award. She leads the informal spotLight on Adolescent Mood Problems (LAMP) research group, and is part of the Child Mental Health and Development Group.
Research interests
- Developing and delivering scalable Cognitive and/or Behavioural treatments for children and young people
- Adolescent depression, particularly enabling access to evidence based help early
- Therapist competence in delivering CBT, particularly in the field of child and adolescent mental health
- The therapeutic alliance in CBT
- CBT supervision
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD , Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bristol
Award Date: 29 Oct 2021
Doctor of Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia
Award Date: 1 Jan 2008
Master of Social Science, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 2006
Bachelor of Social Science, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 2004
External positions
Clinical Psychologist, Bristol Child Psychology Practice
1 Sept 2021 → …
NIHR Research Fellow, University of Bristol
1 Oct 2016 → 28 Feb 2022
Senior Clinical Psychologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
20 Jul 2014 → 1 Sept 2018
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ESRC IAA - Development and Pilot of a Brief and Scalable Online Sleep Intervention for Young People
Economic and Social Research Council
1/11/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Research council
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Improving access to timely evidence-based help for youth mental health using single session interventions
National Institute for Health Research
1/05/23 → 30/11/28
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Sharing information about mental health services: To reach adolescents where they are, we need to market early help provision on social media
Loades, M., Desrochers, D., Edgar, S., Luximon, M. & Sung, B.
1/04/22 → …
Project: Research council
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The development, implementation and feasibility of a psychosocial intervention for persistent fatigue in patients with endometriosis
Loades, M. & Roomaney, R.
Project: Research-related funding
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DSE application
National Institute for Health Research
1/03/22 → 28/02/23
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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4 Steps to My Future (4STMF): Acceptability, feasibility and exploratory outcomes of a universal school-based mental health and well-being programme, delivered to young adolescents in South Africa
Coetzee, B., Loades, M., Human, S., Gericke, H., Laning, G., Kidd, M. & Stallard, P., 13 Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-stakeholders perspective on how to improve psychological treatments for depression in young people
Pile, V., Herring, G., Bullard, A., Loades, M., Chan, S. W. Y., Reynolds, S. & Orchard, F., 30 Nov 2023, In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 32, p. 2375-2378Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Brief Description of How Teachers Experience an Infographic Loneliness Toolkit About Supporting Adolescents to Overcome Loneliness
Muhammad Adam, H., Loades, M. & Wallace, V., 7 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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COVID’s ongoing toll on university students’ mental health – new findings
Loades, M., 19 Jun 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Frontline professionals’ use of and attitudes towards technology to support interventions for adolescents with depression symptoms: A Mixed Methods survey
Loades, M., Perry, G. & Cliffe, B., 6 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Systematic Review of Depression in Paediatric CFS/ME
Loades, M. (Creator), Crawley, E. (Creator) & Sheils, L. (Data Collector), University of Bath, 2016
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00127
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