Becky Appleton

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Becky is a research fellow at the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit based in the Division of Psychiatry, University College London. She has a background in psychology and youth mental health research. Her research interests include early interventions in mental health, children and young people’s mental health, digital mental health care and service improvement.

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SMS CBT TLC CYP? 🤔 Does delivering cognitive behavioural therapy via text messages help improve depression in young people?

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Becky Appleton summarises a randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness and acceptability of text-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for improving depression in young adults.

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Mental health care and the benefits system: linked data provides opportunities for new research

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Becky Appleton explores the potential of new data linkage opportunities for understanding the intersection between mental health service use and receipt of benefits in a South London service user population.

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