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  1. Mentalizing under stress and psychotic experiences: An experience sampling study

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  2. Metacognition and mentalising as core mechanisms of psychotherapy

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, February 2026, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  3. Intergenerational transmission of mental health during the first 1,000 days of life

    Article • Nature Reviews Psychology, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  4. The Mentalisation Switch: Therapist Reflective Capacity and Alliance Dynamics in Digital MCT+ for Bipolar Disorder — A Longitudinal Quantitative Case Series

    Article • November 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  5. Maternal controlling parenting and youth-perceived mother-child attachment mediate the association between maternal adverse childhood experiences and adolescent behavioral difficulties

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  6. “They treat us like rabid dogs”: Stigma and discrimination as experienced by people living with psychosis and their caregivers in Malawi—A photovoice study

    Article • PLOS Mental Health, September 2025, PLOS

    Annette Bauer, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  7. Mentalizing under Stress and Psychotic Experiences: An Experience Sampling Study

    Article • August 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  8. Effectiveness of Mellow Parenting on parental mental health and parenting outcomes on a vulnerable parent sample in Moldova

    Article • PLOS One, June 2025, PLOS

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  9. No health without aid and development

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  10. Modelling the longitudinal associations between schizotypy and aberrant salience: The role of mentalization and attachment

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  11. Alexithymia in Schizophrenia and Psychosis Vulnerability: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  12. Mentalization as a Bridge Between Negative Affect and Psychosis Risk: A Cross-Sectional Network Model

    Article • March 2025, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  13. Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy‐Eating Disorders (MIT‐ED) Versus CBT‐E for Adults: A Proof‐of‐Concept Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • International Journal of Eating Disorders, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  14. Exploring the Relationship Between Maternal Wellbeing, Infant Development, Smartphone Use, and Mother‐Infant Responsiveness

    Article • Infancy, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  15. Modelling the associations between parental depressive symptoms, hypomanic traits, and infant socio-emotional development: The mediating role of parental reflective functioning

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  16. Adaptability as a Journey: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Exploring the Transition to Motherhood in the Context of Bipolar Disorder

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, December 2024, SAGE Publications

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  17. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of parenting intervention for mothers experiencing psychosocial stress: insights from the early closure of the Mellow Babies RCT

    Article • Public Health Research, December 2024, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  18. Dynamics of Mentalization, Affect Regulation, and Psychosis Vulnerability: A Longitudinal Network Model

    Article • September 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  19. Management of the therapeutic relationship in a patient with Complex PTSD and Personality Disorder

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  20. Discriminant diagnostic validity of paediatric bipolar disorder screening tests: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Early Intervention in Psychiatry, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  21. Trajectories of risk and resilience: The role of empathy and perceived social support in the context of early adversity

    Article • Child Abuse & Neglect, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  22. Modelling the associations between parental depressive symptoms, hypomanic traits, and infant socio-emotional development: the mediating role of parental reflective functioning

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  23. How Digital Mental Health and Peer Support Can Help: Insights from People Who Use And Create Them

    Article • PLOS Digital Health, May 2024, PLOS

    Meigan Thomson, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  24. “It is not all glowing and kale smoothies”: An exploration of mental health difficulties during pregnancy through women's voices

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  25. Evaluating the impact of the Mellow Babies group-based parenting programme for supporting at-risk mothers in Tajikistan

    Article • April 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  26. A vision for reinvigorating global mental health

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, April 2024, PLOS

    Anna Chiumento, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  27. Associations between maternal smartphone use and mother‐infant responsiveness: A cluster analysis of potential risk and protective factors

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  28. Discriminant diagnostic validity of paediatric bipolar disorder screening tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • January 2024, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  29. Psychosis Recovery Orientation in Malawi by Improving Services and Engagement (PROMISE) protocol

    Article • PLOS One, November 2023, PLOS

    Annette Bauer, Dr Lucinda Manda Taylor, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  30. Maternal Controlling Parenting and Child-Perceived Mother-Child Attachment Mediate the Association between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Behavioural Difficulties

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  31. Investigating the relationship between specific negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: A systematic review

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  32. Pathways from childhood trauma to aberrant salience: A structural equation approach to mentalization model

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  33. Metacognitive interpersonal therapy-eating disorders <i>versus</i> cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders for non-underweight adults with eating disorders: study protocol for a pilot pre-registered randomized controlled trial

    Article • Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology Process and Outcome, August 2023, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  34. Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  35. Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: An individual participant data meta‐analysis

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  36. Developmental trajectories of aggression, hyperactivity/inattention, and anxious depressed mood: co-occurring problems within a chilean context

    Article • Current Psychology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  37. Experiential techniques and therapeutic relationship in the treatment of narcissistic personality disorder: The case of Laura

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  38. The association of different presentations of maternal depression with children’s socio-emotional development: A systematic review

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, February 2023, PLOS

    Maria Francisca Morales, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  39. An examination of behavioural and emotional problems in children exposed prenatally to the 27F Chilean earthquake: findings from the ELPI cohort

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  40. Exploring service users experiences of remotely delivered CBT interventions in primary care during COVID-19: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

    Article • PLOS One, January 2023, PLOS

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  41. “There's more love between us”: The parental experience of attending Mellow Babies, a targeted, early intervention program for parents and their babies

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  42. The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  43. Multi-Trajectories of Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity/Inattention, and Peer Problems Across Childhood: Results from the Growing Up in Scotland Birth Cohort

    Article • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  44. What factors influence dyadic synchrony? A systematic review of the literature on predictors of mother–infant dyadic processes of shared behavior and affect

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  45. Predictors of adolescent engagement and outcomes – A cross-sectional study using the togetherall (formerly Big White Wall) digital mental health platform

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  46. General and age-specific fertility rates in non-affective psychosis: population-based analysis of Scottish women

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  47. Transdiagnostic Clinical Staging for Childhood Mental Health: An Adjunctive Tool for Classifying Internalizing and Externalizing Syndromes that Emerge in Children Aged 5–11 Years

    Article • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  48. Metacognitive interpersonal group therapy for adolescents with avoidant personality disorder: The case of Sofia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  49. Deconstructing pathways to resilience: A systematic review of associations between psychosocial mechanisms and transdiagnostic adult mental health outcomes in the context of adverse childhood experiences

    Article • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  50. Effective rheology mapping for characterizing polymer solutions utilizing ultrasonic spinning rheometry

    Article • Experiments in Fluids, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  51. The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • January 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  52. Transdiagnostic clinical staging for childhood mental health: An adjunctive tool for classifying internalizing and externalizing syndromes that emerge in children aged 5-11 years

    Article • January 2022, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  53. The mental health impact of perinatal loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  54. Socially Transformative Resilience: A Conceptual Model and Research Agenda for a New Construct

    Article • December 2021, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  55. Predictors of Adolescent Engagement and Outcomes – a cross-sectional study using the Togetherall (formerly Big White Wall) digital mental health platform

    Article • August 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  56. Metacognitive interpersonal therapy in group versus TAU + waiting list for young adults with personality disorders: Randomized clinical trial.

    Article • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment, August 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Raffaele Popolo, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  57. Service users experience of psychological interventions in primary care settings: A qualitative meta‐synthesis

    Article • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  58. Building the alliance and using experiential techniques in the early phases of psychotherapy for avoidant personality disorder

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, April 2021, Wiley

    Antonella Centonze, Dr Angus M MacBeth

  59. Predictors of emotional problems in 5-year-old children: an international comparison between two cohorts in Chile and Scotland

    Article • Current Psychology, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  60. Promoting sensitive parenting in ‘at-risk’ mothers and fathers: A UK outcome study of Mellow Babies, a group-based early intervention program for parents and their babies

    Article • PLOS One, February 2021, PLOS

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  61. The Impact of Contextual, Maternal and Prenatal Factors on Receptive Language in a Chilean Longitudinal Birth Cohort

    Article • Child Psychiatry & Human Development, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  62. The intertwined path of perfectionism and self‐criticism in a client with obsessive‐compulsive personality disorder

    Article • Journal of Clinical Psychology, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  63. Telepsychotherapy in the age of COVID-19: A commentary.

    Article • Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, June 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  64. Psychological Intervention and COVID-19: What We Know So Far and What We Can Do

    Article • Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  65. The revised Psychosis Attachment Measure: Measuring disorganized attachment

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Psychology, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  66. Secondary attachment and mental health in Pakistani and Scottish adolescents: A moderated mediation model

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  67. Psychological interventions and the Covid-19 pandemic

    Article • April 2020, Center for Open Science

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  68. Metacognitive Interpersonal Mindfulness-Based Training for Worry About Interpersonal Events

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, September 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  69. Antenatal caregiving representations and perinatal behavior in mothers with severe lifetime psychopathology

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, September 2019, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  70. Effects of Therapeutic Alliance and Metacognition on Outcome in a Brief Psychological Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

    Article • Psychiatry, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  71. Disentangling genes, attachment, and environment: A systematic review of the developmental psychopathology literature on gene–environment interactions and attachment

    Article • Development and Psychopathology, March 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  72. Antenatal caregiving representations among expectant mothers with severe mental illness: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  73. Hair cortisol in the perinatal period mediates associations between maternal adversity and disrupted maternal interaction in early infancy

    Article • Developmental Psychobiology, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  74. Metacognitive interpersonal therapy in group: a feasibility study

    Article • Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology Process and Outcome, December 2018, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  75. Mellow Babies and Mellow Toddlers: Effects on maternal mental health of a group-based parenting intervention for at-risk families with young children

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  76. The Effect of Reducing the “Jumping to Conclusions” Bias on Treatment Decision-Making Capacity in Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Mediation Analysis

    Article • Schizophrenia Bulletin, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  77. The problem of overcontrol: Perfectionism, emotional inhibition, and personality disorders

    Article • Comprehensive Psychiatry, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  78. Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy in group (MIT-G) for young adults with personality disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  79. Clinical staging model in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a systematic review

    Article • Bipolar Disorders, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  80. The presence of anxiety, depression and stress in women and their partners during pregnancies following perinatal loss: A meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  81. Self-compassion and Psychological Distress in Adolescents—a Meta-analysis

    Article • Mindfulness, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  82. A Meta-Analysis of Social Skills Training and Related Interventions for Psychosis

    Article • Schizophrenia Bulletin, November 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  83. The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Maternal Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes: a Systematic Review

    Article • Mindfulness, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  84. The effects of paternal depression on child and adolescent outcomes: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  85. Intended Adolescent Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

    Article • Adolescent Research Review, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  86. Acceptance and commitment therapy – Do we know enough? Cumulative and sequential meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  87. Wellbeing and resilience: mechanisms of transmission of health and risk in parents with complex mental health problems and their offspring—The WARM Study

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  88. Mother–infant interaction in schizophrenia: transmitting risk or resilience? A systematic review of the literature

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  89. Antenatal parenting support for vulnerable women

    Article • British Journal of Midwifery, October 2015, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  90. Mellow Parenting: systematic review and meta-analysis of an intervention to promote sensitive parenting

    Article • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  91. Metacognition in First Episode Psychosis: Item Level Analysis of Associations with Symptoms and Engagement

    Article • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  92. Plasma cortisol levels and illness appraisal in deficit syndrome schizophrenia

    Article • Psychiatry Research, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth, paul lysaker, Ross White

  93. A pilot study exploring compassion in narratives of individuals with psychosis: implications for an attachment-based understanding of recovery

    Article • Mental Health Religion & Culture, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  94. Fear of recurrence: Results of a randomized trial of relapse detection in schizophrenia

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Psychology, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth, Ross White

  95. Metacognitive functioning predicts positive and negative symptoms over 12 months in first episode psychosis

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth, paul lysaker

  96. Insight, duration of untreated psychosis and attachment in first-episode psychosis: prospective study of psychiatric recovery over 12-month follow-up

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, April 2014, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  97. Recovery from first-episode psychosis: early identification and prompt initiation of treatment improve long-term outcomes

    Article • Evidence-Based Mental Health, April 2014, BMJ

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  98. Poster #S240 OXYTOCIN AND PSYCHOSIS: EXPLORATORY META ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  99. Poster #T148 RISK OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN OFFSPRING OF PARENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA: A META-ANALYSIS

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  100. Retracted: A meta-analysis and theoretical critique of oxytocin and psychosis: Prospects for attachment and compassion in promoting recovery

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Psychology, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  101. Metacognition, symptoms and premorbid functioning in a First Episode Psychosis sample

    Article • Comprehensive Psychiatry, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  102. Self-reported quality of life in a Scottish first-episode psychosis cohort: associations with symptomatology and premorbid adjustment

    Article • Early Intervention in Psychiatry, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  103. A systematic review of attachment and psychosis: measurement, construct validity and outcomes

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  104. Service Engagement in First Episode Psychosis

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, May 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  105. Exploring compassion: A meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology

    Article • Clinical Psychology Review, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  106. Metacognition in forensic patients with schizophrenia and a past history of interpersonal violence: an exploratory study

    Article • Psychosis, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  107. Attachment states of mind, mentalization, and their correlates in a first‐episode psychosis sample

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  108. A Compassion Focused Model of Recovery after Psychosis

    Article • International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, June 2010, Guilford Publications

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  109. The association between attachment style, social mentalities, and paranoid ideation: An analogue study

    Article • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  110. Premorbid adjustment, symptom development and quality of life in first episode psychosis: a systematic review and critical reappraisal

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Angus M MacBeth

  111. Trauma and Psychosis

    Article • January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Angus M MacBeth