RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Impact of trauma on child cental health
• Evaluation of child mental health interventions for vulnerable children
• Evaluation of child mental health services

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS 

• An Evaluation of the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TMHS) Programme
• Inter-Agency Training Course in Child Mental Health: Tier 1 Professionals' Perspectives
• Development of Payment by Results (PbR) for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in England 
• Impact of Trauma on Children Living in War Zones
• Development and Evaluation of Teacher Training to Improve Child Mental Health
• Training and Evaluation of School Based Child Mental Health Training Intervention
• Community Based Parent Training Programme for Vulnerable Children
• Special Educational Needs, Using an Inclusive Approach in Mainstream Schools
• Working With Teens : Understanding and Supporting Teenagers
  

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2008 - Date

In Press

Nambi, B., Majumder, P. and Vostanis, P. (in press) Relationship of Psychsocial Adversity with Depressive Symptoms and Deliberate Self Harm in Young Homeless People. 

Dogra N, Singh S, Svirydzenka N & Vostanis P (in press) Prevalence of mental health problems in children and young people from ethnic minority groups: The need for targeted research. British Journal of Psychiatry

Vostanis P, O’Reilly M, Taylor E, Day C, Street C & Wolpert M (in press) What can Education teach child mental health services? Practitioners’ perceptions of training and joint working. Educational and Behavioural Difficulties

2012

Hassan, S., Vostanis, P., Bankart, J. (2012) Social and educational risk factors for child mental health problems in Karachi, Pakistan. International Journal of Mental Health & Culture Vol.5 (1) pp.1-14

2011

Helal M., Uzair Ahmed and Panos Vostanis (2011) The representation of low- and middle- income countries in the psychiatric research literature.   International Psychiatry Vol.8 (4), pp.92-94

Meltzer, H., Dogra, N., Vostanis, P.,  Ford, T. Religiosity and the mental health of adolescents in Great Britain. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, in press.

Meltzer, H., Ford, T., Goodman, R. & Vostanis, P. (2011) The burden of caring for children with emotional and conduct disorders. International Journal of Family Medicine, doi: 10.1155/2011/801203.

Meltzer, H., P. Vostanis, T. Ford, P. Bebbington, M.S. Dennis (2011) Victims of bullying in childhood and suicide attempts in adulthood European Psychiatry 26 (2011) 498–503

Thabet, A.A., Abu Tawahina, Eyad El Sarraj, David Henley, Henrick Pelleick and Panos Vostanis (2011)  Post-traumatic stress disorder and attention hyperactivity disorder in Palestinian children affected by the war on Gaza International Psychiatry Vol.8 (4), pp.84-85

Thabet A.A., A. Abu Tawahina, Eyad El Sarraj and Panos Vostanis (2011) Evaluation of a community intervention for women victims of domestic violence in the Gaza strip International Journal of Peace and Development Studies Vol. 2(3), pp. 88-95

Vostanis, P., Taylor, H., Day, C., Edwards, R., Street, C., Weare, K. & Wolpert, M. (2011) Child mental health practitioners’ knowledge and experiences of children’s educational needs and services. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 16, 385-405.

2010

Abedi, M.R., Vostanis, P. (2010) Evaluation of quality of life therapy for parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorders in Iran. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 19,605-613.

Kalantari, M. & Vostanis, P. (2010) Behavioural and emotional problems in Iranian children four years after a parental death in an earthquake. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 56, 158-167

O’Reilly, M., Dogra, N., Williams, R., Edwards., R., Vostanis, P.  (2010) Turning policy into practice: An evaluation of policy for and delivery of education and training for specialist CAMHS staff in England. Evidence and Policy, 6, 505-526.

Thabet, A.A., Al Ghamdi, H., Abdualla, T., Elhelou, M.W. & Vostanis, P. (2010) ADHD symptoms among Palestinian children. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16, 259-264

Thabet, A.A., Matar, S., Carpintero, A., Bankart, J.,  Vostanis, P. (2010) Mental health problems among labour children in the Gaza Strip. Child: Care, Health and Development Vol.37 (1) pp.89-95

Townsend, E., Walker, D.M., Sargeant, S., Vostanis, P., Hawton, K., Stocker, O. & Sithole, J. (2010) Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions relevant for young offenders with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or self-harm. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 9-20.

Vostanis, P.  (2010) Mental health services for children in public care, and other vulnerable groups: implications for international collaboration. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15,555-571. 

Walsh J., Schofield G., Vostanis P., Oyebode F., Harris G. & Coulthard H. (2010) Attachment and coping strategies in middle childhood children whose mothers have a mental health problem: implications for social work practice. British Journal of Social Work, 39, 81-98.

2009

Meltzer H, Doos L, Vostanis P, Ford T and Goodman R (2009) The mental health of children who witness domestic violence. Child and Family Social Work 14: 491-501

Tischler, V., Edwards, V. & Vostanis, P. (2009) Working therapeutically with mothers who experience the trauma of homelessness: an opportunity for growth. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 9, 42-46.

Thabet, A.A, Ibraheem, A., Shivram, R., Van Milligen, E. & Vostanis, P. (2009) Parenting support and PTSD in children of a war zone. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 55, 226-237.

O’Reilly, M., Taylor, H. & Vostanis, P. (2009) “Nuts, schiz, psycho”: an exploration of young homeless people’s perceptions and dilemmas of defining mental health. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 1737-1744.

Thabet, A.A., Ibraheem, A., Shivram, R., Van Milligen, E., Vostanis P (2009) Parenting support and PTSD in children of a war zone. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 55, 226-237. 

Shivram, R., Bankart, J., Meltzer, H., Ford, T., Vostanis, P.  Goodman, R. (2009) Service utilization by children with conduct disorders: Findings from the 2004 Great Britain child mental health survey. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 18, 555-563.

Stuttaford, M., Hundt, G. & Vostanis, P. (2009) Sites for health rights: the experiences of homeless families in England. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 53, 257-278.

 2008

Thabet, A.A., Tawahina, A., El Sarraj, E. & Vostanis, P. (2008) Children exposed to political conflict: implications for health policy. Harvard Health Policy Review, 8, 158-165 

Thabet, A.A., Tawahina, A., El Sarraj, E. & Vostanis, P. (2008) Exposure to war trauma and PTSD among parents and children in the Gaza Strip. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 17, 191-199.

Vostanis, P., Bassi, G., Meltzer, H., Ford, T. & Goodman, R. (2008) Service use by looked after children with behavioural problems: findings from the England survey. Adoption & Fostering, 32, 23-32. 

Edwards, R. Williams, R., Dogra, N., O’Reilly, M. & Vostanis, P. (2008) Facilitating and limiting factors of training available to staff of specialist CAMHS. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 3, 22-31. 

Hussain, S.A. & Vostanis, P. (2008) Urdu translation and cultural adaptation of Schedule for Affective Disorders & Schizophrenia for school age children (6-18 years) K-SADS-IV R. Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 5, 81-85.

Papageorgiou, V., Kalyva, E., Dafoulis, V. & Vostanis, P. (2008) Gender differences in parents’ and teachers’ ratings of ADHD symptoms and other mental health problems. Journal of European Psychiatry, 22, 200-210.

Meltzer H, Vostanis P, Dogra N, Doos L, Ford T and Goodman R (2008) Children's specific fears. Child: Care, Health and Development 35(6): 781-789

CHAPTERS

Shivram R. & Vostanis P. (2011) Adolescent mental health care. Chapter in: P. Casey & R. Byng, Eds: Psychiatry in primary care. Cambridge University Press, pp. 228-242.

Simmons, C., Vostanis P. Child and adolescent difficulities (2009) Chapter in Newell. R., Gournay,K. Eds. Mental health nursing: an evidence-based approach (2nd Edition). Oxford: Chruchill Livinstone, 226-285.

Huemer, J., Vostanis P. Child refugees and refugee families. (2010) Chapter in Bhugra, D., Craig, T., Bhui, K. Eds. Mental health of refugees and asylum-seekers. Oxford: University Press, 225-242.

Elliot, V., Vostanis P.  Working with vulnerable children and young people. (2010) Chapter in Dogra, N., Leighton, S. Child andadolescent mental health nursing. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 145-154.

Karnik, N., Vostanis, P., Huemer, J., Kjelsberg, E., Kaltiala-Heino, R. & Steiner, H. Epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders among young offenders: current research, implications and future directions. Chapter in: C. Thomas & K. Pope, Eds.: The origins of antisocial behaviour: a developmental perspective. Oxford University Press, in press.

Reports

Wolpert M, Fonagy P, Frederickson N, Belsky J, Humphrey N, Vostanis P, Tymms P, Coe R, Fielding A & Meadows P (2011) The Me and My School Project Report: National TaMHS Evaluation.  University College London and Anna Freud Centre.