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    Dr Paul Wilkinson

    University Position
    Professor

    Interests

    Until December 2020, Paul Wilkinson is University Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. His main research interests are the epidemiology and treatment of self-harm and depression. From January 2021, Dr Wilkinson will be Clinical Dean at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine. Due to this change in role, he is no longer able to supervise masters/PhD students.

    Key Publications

    How do the prevalence and relative risk of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal thoughts vary across the population distribution of common mental distress (the p factor)? Observational analyses replicated in two independent UK cohorts of young people.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032494
    Journal: BMJ Open
    E-pub date: 11 May 2020
    Authors: E Polek, SAS Neufeld, P Wilkinson, I Goodyer, M St Clair, G Prabhu, R Dolan, ET Bullmore, P Fonagy, J Stochl, PB Jones

    Publications

    Why Is Non-suicidal Self-injury More Common in Women? Mediation and Moderation Analyses of Psychological Distress, Emotion Dysregulation, and Impulsivity.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2084004
    Journal: Arch Suicide Res
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2023
    Authors: NM Lutz, SAS Neufeld, RW Hook, PB Jones, ET Bullmore, IM Goodyer, TJ Ford, SR Chamberlain, PO Wilkinson

    Prospective Pathways From Impulsivity to Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Youth.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1811180
    Journal: Arch Suicide Res
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2022
    Authors: M Cassels, S Neufeld, A-L van Harmelen, I Goodyer, P Wilkinson

    Age and gender effects on non-suicidal self-injury, and their interplay with psychological distress.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.021
    Journal: J Affect Disord
    E-pub date: 1 Jun 2022
    Authors: PO Wilkinson, T Qiu, C Jesmont, SAS Neufeld, SP Kaur, PB Jones, IM Goodyer

    The Youth and Childhood Adversity Scale: a step towards developing a new measure of adversity and its severity.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1981573
    Journal: Eur J Psychotraumatol
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2021
    Authors: P Schlechter, J Fritz, M Cassels, SAS Neufeld, PO Wilkinson

    Associations between baseline cortisol and trajectory of symptom improvement in depressed adolescents receiving psychological therapy.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.03.046
    Journal: J Affect Disord
    E-pub date: 15 May 2021
    Authors: A Chadha, S Neufeld, IM Goodyer, P Fonagy, N Midgley, PO Wilkinson

    Trajectories of depression symptom change during and following treatment in adolescents with unipolar major depression.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13145
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 May 2020
    Authors: SE Davies, SAS Neufeld, E van Sprang, L Schweren, R Keivit, P Fonagy, B Dubicka, R Kelvin, N Midgley, S Reynolds, M Target, P Wilkinson, AL van Harmelen, IM Goodyer

    Neurological Predictors of Symptom Trajectories During and Following Treatment of Adolescents With a Primary Diagnosis of Major Depression

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.03.430
    Journal: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
    E-pub date: 1 Aug 2019
    Authors: S Davies, S Neufeld, E van Sprang, L Schweren, R Keivit, P Fonagy, B Dubicka, R Kelvin, N Midgley, S Reynolds, M Target, P Wilkinson, A-L van Harmelen, J Suckling, I Goodyer

    Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12866
    Journal: J Child Psychol Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 31 Aug 2018
    Authors: M Cassels, A-L van Harmelen, S Neufeld, I Goodyer, PB Jones, P Wilkinson

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

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2017.45
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry
    E-pub date: 1 Apr 2018
    Authors: PO Wilkinson, T Qiu, S Neufeld, PB Jones, IM Goodyer