Publications

Here is some previously published work, relevant to the current SASH study.

O’Keeffe, S., Suzuki, M., Ryan, M. et al. Enhanced psychosocial assessment and rapid follow–up care for people presenting to emergency departments with self-harm and/or suicidal ideation: the Assured feasibility study and internal pilot trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud 11, 20 (2025). https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-025-01602-y

McCabe, R., Akubat, A., Bakou, A.E. & Long, M. (in press)  ‘This magical lightbulb went off in my head’ – How training NHS staff in Solution Focused Practice can change the experience of people presenting in mental health crisis. In Perry, N. (Ed.), 2025. Solution Focused Practice and Mental Health Crisis – Inclusive Support Towards Safety and Hope.  Routledge.

Albury, A.,  McCabe, R., Patel, D. & Stokoe, E. (in press) Identifying, communicating, and de-escalating risk in high-stakes settings: How conversation analysis research can underpin communication training. Patient Education and Counselling.

Larkin, M., McCabe, R. et al. Being Understood: Epistemic Injustice Towards Young People Seeking Support for Their Mental Health. In: Bortolotti, L. (eds) Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 17 Nov 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68881-2_1

Currie, C.C., Walburn, J., Hackett, K., McCabe, R., Sniehotta, F.F., O’Keeffe, S., Beerlage-de Jong, N, & Araújo-Soares, V. (2021). Intervention Development for Health Behavior Change: Integrating Evidence and the Perspectives of Users and Stakeholders. In: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. DOI:1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00177-1

English, O., Wellings, C., Banerjea, P., & Ougrin, D. (2019). Specialized therapeutic assessment-based recovery-focused treatment for young people with self-harm: pilot study. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 895.

Ougrin, D., Boege, I., Stahl, D., Banarsee, R., & Taylor, E. (2013). Randomised controlled trial of therapeutic assessment versus usual assessment in adolescents with self-harm: 2-year follow-up. Archives of disease in childhood, 98(10), 772-776.

Ougrin, D., Zundel, T., Ng, A. V., Habel, B., & Latif, S. (2013). Teaching Therapeutic Assessment for self‐harm in adolescents: Training outcomes. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 86(1), 70-85.

Ougrin, D., Zundel, T., Ng, A., Banarsee, R., Bottle, A., & Taylor, E. (2011). Trial of Therapeutic Assessment in London: randomised controlled trial of Therapeutic Assessment versus standard psychosocial assessment in adolescents presenting with self-harm. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 96(2), 148-153.

Ougrin, D., & Zundel, T. (2009). Defining self-harm. Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment manual, 1, 17.