Daniel Michelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 2747562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Michelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Michelson |
| SIGNATURE | MICHELSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7370-8788 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A community-based participatory research approach to co-designing youth mental health service improvements: A case study from Southern England
Objectives: Existing youth mental health services are unable to meet a rising demand for care. Changes are required to align care with young people’s needs and priorities. In this paper, we present a case study examining the developmental stages of a community-based participatory research project in which young people and professional stakeholders co-designed a youth mental health service blueprint in Southern England. Methods: We took a reflexiv…
Co-designing digital mental health interventions with young people: 10 Recommendations From Lessons Learned in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries
Background: Youth-focused co-design, involving active collaboration between researchers, designers, clinicians and end users, is essential for enhancing the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs). However, most literature on co-design comes from high-income countries and offers limited contextually relevant guidance to programme and intervention developers in low- and middle-income countries (L…
Codesign of Mental Health Interventions With Young People From Racially Minoritised Populations: A Systematic Review of Methods and Outcomes
Feasibility and Acceptability of Footpaths for Adolescent Maternal Mental Health (For Mama): A co-designed intervention for pregnant adolescents in Malawi
This study aimed to assess feasibility, acceptability and potential for impact of FOotpaths foR Adolescent MAternal Mental HeAlth (FOR MAMA), a co-designed intervention for pregnant adolescents in Malawi. We used a mixed-methods interventional pre-post cohort design. We recruited pregnant adolescents from a rural health centre in Zomba district, Malawi, all of whom were offered a five-session psychosocial intervention delivered by community healt…
Co-design of “Baatcheet,” a peer-supported, web-based storytelling intervention for young people with common mental health problems in India
There are few story-based interventions addressing depression and anxiety for young people, especially in low-resource settings. Baatcheet has the potential to deliver engaging, accessible and timely mental health support to young people. A pilot evaluation is underway
Intervention for School Anxiety and Absenteeism in Children (Isaac): Mixed-Method Feasibility Study of a Coach-Assisted, Parent-Focused Online Program
The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in persistent school absenteeism and Emotionally-Based School Avoidance (EBSA). However, suitable evidence-based psychological interventions are often unavailable. We aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a new parent-focused online program, Intervention for School Anxiety and Absenteeism in Children (ISAAC), which has been co-designed with parents and practitioners. This …
I felt I needed help, but I did not get any”: A multiple stakeholder qualitative study of risk and protective factors, and barriers to addressing common mental health problems among perinatal adolesce…
Common mental health problems (particularly depression and anxiety) are common among adolescents during the perinatal period. Previous research has identified the distinctive needs of this group and called for contextually appropriate psychosocial interventions. The current study conducted in Malawi aimed to explore risk and protective factors for common mental health problems, and barriers to accessing mental health care, among perinatal adolesc…
Developing knowledge-based psychotherapeutic competencies in non-specialist providers: A pre-post study with a nested randomised controlled trial of a coach-supported versus self-guided digital traini…
We evaluated a digital learning programme for non-specialists to develop knowledge-based competencies in a problem-solving intervention for adolescents to examine the overall impact of training on knowledge-based competencies among learners; and to compare the effects of two training conditions (self-guided digital training with or without coaching) in a nested parallel, two-arm, individually randomised controlled trial. Eligible participants wer…
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remote Stepped Care Mental Health Programme for Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
Remote mental health services were rapidly deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is relatively little contemporaneous evidence on their feasibility and acceptability. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a stepped care mental health programme delivered remotely by lay counsellors to adolescents in New Delhi, India, during a period of 'lockdown'. The programme consisted of a brief problem-solving intervention ("Step …
She didn't know how to go back: School attendance problems in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic-A multiple stakeholder qualitative study with parents and professionals
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures worldwide and unexcused absences have increased since schools reopened.AimsDrawing on multiple stakeholders' perspectives, we aimed to (i) develop a detailed understanding of how school attendance problems (SAPs) have manifested for primary school-aged children in the context of COVID-19; and (ii) identify promising community-based intervention strategies.MethodsWe used a qualitative des…
Development of a transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in Indian secondary schools: Lessons from a pilot study examining acceptability and feasibility
Background The ‘PRemIum for aDolEscents’ (PRIDE) project has developed a school-based, transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in India. The programme comprises a brief problem-solving intervention (‘Step 1’) followed by a personalised cognitive-behavioural intervention (‘Step 2’) for participants who do not respond to the first step. Methods A mixed-method design was used to evaluate the acceptability …
A qualitative analysis of collaborative efforts to build a school-based intervention for multiple common adolescent mental health difficulties in India
These findings have implications for the future of mental health treatment development and implementation globally
How Can We Actually Change Help-Seeking Behaviour for Mental Health Problems among the General Public? Development of the ‘PLACES’ Model
Good treatment uptake is essential for clinically effective interventions to be fully utilised. Numerous studies have examined barriers to help-seeking for mental health treatment and to a lesser extent, facilitators. However, much of the current research focuses on changing help-seeking attitudes, which often do not lead to changes in behaviour. There is a clear gap in the literature for interventions that successfully change help-seeking behavi…
Increasing demand for school counselling through a lay counsellor-delivered classroom sensitisation intervention: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in New Delhi, India
Introduction We evaluated a classroom-based sensitisation intervention that was designed to reduce demand-side barriers affecting referrals to a school counselling programme. The sensitisation intervention was offered in the context of a host trial evaluating a low-intensity problem-solving treatment for common adolescent mental health problems. Methods We conducted a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial with 70 classes in 6 seconda…
Scaling Up Parenting Interventions is Critical for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals
Of all the potentially modifiable influences affecting children's development and mental health across the life course, none is more important than the quality of parenting and family life. In this position paper, we argue that parenting is fundamentally linked to the development of life skills that children need in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss key principles that should inform the development of a…
Using relevance mapping methodology to design an adolescent mental health intervention in India
BACKGROUND: Adolescents in low and middle-income countries experience pronounced mental health needs in contexts where infrastructure and resources are scarce. While evidence-based treatment are readily available, they may not fit the unique needs of certain contexts. OBJECTIVE: This manuscript illustrates the systematic process of applying 'relevance mapping' methodology to leverage the youth mental health evidence base to identify candidate pra…
Priorities and preferences for school-based mental health services in India: A multi-stakeholder study with adolescents, parents, school staff, and mental health providers
SBMHSs are desired by adolescents and adult stakeholders in this setting where few such services exist. Sensitization activities are required to support implementation. School counsellors have an important role in identifying and treating adolescents with different levels of mental health needs, and a suite of interventions is needed to target these needs effectively and efficiently
It is like a mind attack”: Stress and coping among urban school-going adolescents in India
The development of culturally sensitive and age-appropriate psychosocial interventions for distressed adolescents should attend to the challenges posed by home, school, peer and neighborhood environments. Enhancements to problem- and emotion-focused strategies are needed in order to bolster adolescents' repertoire of adaptive coping skills in stressful social environments
She didn't know how to go back: School attendance problems in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic-A multiple stakeholder qualitative study with parents and professionals
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures worldwide and unexcused absences have increased since schools reopened.AimsDrawing on multiple stakeholders' perspectives, we aimed to (i) develop a detailed understanding of how school attendance problems (SAPs) have manifested for primary school-aged children in the context of COVID-19; and (ii) identify promising community-based intervention strategies.MethodsWe used a qualitative des…
Priorities and preferences for school-based mental health services in India: A multi-stakeholder study with adolescents, parents, school staff, and mental health providers
SBMHSs are desired by adolescents and adult stakeholders in this setting where few such services exist. Sensitization activities are required to support implementation. School counsellors have an important role in identifying and treating adolescents with different levels of mental health needs, and a suite of interventions is needed to target these needs effectively and efficiently
It is like a mind attack”: Stress and coping among urban school-going adolescents in India
The development of culturally sensitive and age-appropriate psychosocial interventions for distressed adolescents should attend to the challenges posed by home, school, peer and neighborhood environments. Enhancements to problem- and emotion-focused strategies are needed in order to bolster adolescents' repertoire of adaptive coping skills in stressful social environments
Using relevance mapping methodology to design an adolescent mental health intervention in India
BACKGROUND: Adolescents in low and middle-income countries experience pronounced mental health needs in contexts where infrastructure and resources are scarce. While evidence-based treatment are readily available, they may not fit the unique needs of certain contexts. OBJECTIVE: This manuscript illustrates the systematic process of applying 'relevance mapping' methodology to leverage the youth mental health evidence base to identify candidate pra…
Increasing demand for school counselling through a lay counsellor-delivered classroom sensitisation intervention: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in New Delhi, India
Introduction We evaluated a classroom-based sensitisation intervention that was designed to reduce demand-side barriers affecting referrals to a school counselling programme. The sensitisation intervention was offered in the context of a host trial evaluating a low-intensity problem-solving treatment for common adolescent mental health problems. Methods We conducted a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial with 70 classes in 6 seconda…
Scaling Up Parenting Interventions is Critical for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals
Of all the potentially modifiable influences affecting children's development and mental health across the life course, none is more important than the quality of parenting and family life. In this position paper, we argue that parenting is fundamentally linked to the development of life skills that children need in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We discuss key principles that should inform the development of a…
Development of a transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in Indian secondary schools: Lessons from a pilot study examining acceptability and feasibility
Background The ‘PRemIum for aDolEscents’ (PRIDE) project has developed a school-based, transdiagnostic stepped care programme for common adolescent mental health problems in India. The programme comprises a brief problem-solving intervention (‘Step 1’) followed by a personalised cognitive-behavioural intervention (‘Step 2’) for participants who do not respond to the first step. Methods A mixed-method design was used to evaluate the acceptability …
A qualitative analysis of collaborative efforts to build a school-based intervention for multiple common adolescent mental health difficulties in India
These findings have implications for the future of mental health treatment development and implementation globally
How Can We Actually Change Help-Seeking Behaviour for Mental Health Problems among the General Public? Development of the ‘PLACES’ Model
Good treatment uptake is essential for clinically effective interventions to be fully utilised. Numerous studies have examined barriers to help-seeking for mental health treatment and to a lesser extent, facilitators. However, much of the current research focuses on changing help-seeking attitudes, which often do not lead to changes in behaviour. There is a clear gap in the literature for interventions that successfully change help-seeking behavi…
I felt I needed help, but I did not get any”: A multiple stakeholder qualitative study of risk and protective factors, and barriers to addressing common mental health problems among perinatal adolesce…
Common mental health problems (particularly depression and anxiety) are common among adolescents during the perinatal period. Previous research has identified the distinctive needs of this group and called for contextually appropriate psychosocial interventions. The current study conducted in Malawi aimed to explore risk and protective factors for common mental health problems, and barriers to accessing mental health care, among perinatal adolesc…
Developing knowledge-based psychotherapeutic competencies in non-specialist providers: A pre-post study with a nested randomised controlled trial of a coach-supported versus self-guided digital traini…
We evaluated a digital learning programme for non-specialists to develop knowledge-based competencies in a problem-solving intervention for adolescents to examine the overall impact of training on knowledge-based competencies among learners; and to compare the effects of two training conditions (self-guided digital training with or without coaching) in a nested parallel, two-arm, individually randomised controlled trial. Eligible participants wer…
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remote Stepped Care Mental Health Programme for Adolescents during the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
Remote mental health services were rapidly deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is relatively little contemporaneous evidence on their feasibility and acceptability. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a stepped care mental health programme delivered remotely by lay counsellors to adolescents in New Delhi, India, during a period of 'lockdown'. The programme consisted of a brief problem-solving intervention ("Step …
She didn't know how to go back: School attendance problems in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic-A multiple stakeholder qualitative study with parents and professionals
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures worldwide and unexcused absences have increased since schools reopened.AimsDrawing on multiple stakeholders' perspectives, we aimed to (i) develop a detailed understanding of how school attendance problems (SAPs) have manifested for primary school-aged children in the context of COVID-19; and (ii) identify promising community-based intervention strategies.MethodsWe used a qualitative des…
Feasibility and Acceptability of Footpaths for Adolescent Maternal Mental Health (For Mama): A co-designed intervention for pregnant adolescents in Malawi
This study aimed to assess feasibility, acceptability and potential for impact of FOotpaths foR Adolescent MAternal Mental HeAlth (FOR MAMA), a co-designed intervention for pregnant adolescents in Malawi. We used a mixed-methods interventional pre-post cohort design. We recruited pregnant adolescents from a rural health centre in Zomba district, Malawi, all of whom were offered a five-session psychosocial intervention delivered by community healt…
Co-design of “Baatcheet,” a peer-supported, web-based storytelling intervention for young people with common mental health problems in India
There are few story-based interventions addressing depression and anxiety for young people, especially in low-resource settings. Baatcheet has the potential to deliver engaging, accessible and timely mental health support to young people. A pilot evaluation is underway
Intervention for School Anxiety and Absenteeism in Children (Isaac): Mixed-Method Feasibility Study of a Coach-Assisted, Parent-Focused Online Program
The aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in persistent school absenteeism and Emotionally-Based School Avoidance (EBSA). However, suitable evidence-based psychological interventions are often unavailable. We aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a new parent-focused online program, Intervention for School Anxiety and Absenteeism in Children (ISAAC), which has been co-designed with parents and practitioners. This …
A community-based participatory research approach to co-designing youth mental health service improvements: A case study from Southern England
Objectives: Existing youth mental health services are unable to meet a rising demand for care. Changes are required to align care with young people’s needs and priorities. In this paper, we present a case study examining the developmental stages of a community-based participatory research project in which young people and professional stakeholders co-designed a youth mental health service blueprint in Southern England. Methods: We took a reflexiv…
Co-designing digital mental health interventions with young people: 10 Recommendations From Lessons Learned in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries
Background: Youth-focused co-design, involving active collaboration between researchers, designers, clinicians and end users, is essential for enhancing the acceptability, feasibility and effectiveness of digital mental health interventions (DMHIs). However, most literature on co-design comes from high-income countries and offers limited contextually relevant guidance to programme and intervention developers in low- and middle-income countries (L…
Codesign of Mental Health Interventions With Young People From Racially Minoritised Populations: A Systematic Review of Methods and Outcomes
Psychology (16 works) · Psychiatry (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Mental health (13 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 works) · Medical education (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Intervention (counseling (8 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (8 works) · Psychological intervention (8 works)