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  1. Use of Attachment Language by Professionals in Children’s Mental Health Notes

    Article • Developmental Child Welfare, July 2026, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  2. Effectiveness of interventions for anxiety and depression in children and young people: an umbrella review of meta-analyses

    Article • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar

  3. Adopted children’s mental health needs beyond attachment and trauma: A comparison of social work and mental health conceptualisations

    Article • Developmental Child Welfare, February 2026, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  4. Psychosocial Intervention and Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Young People Attending Mental Health Services: A Retrospective Analysis of (N=9,793) Young People

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    MATT Woolgar

  5. Disparities in accessing mental health services for young people in contact with children’s social work: a retrospective analysis of over 71,700 clinical records.

    Article • December 2025, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  6. Young People With and Without Intellectual Disability Accessing Mental Health Services: Evaluating Psychosocial Functioning Outcomes Using Electronic Health Records

    Article • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, November 2025, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  7. Effectiveness of interventions for anxiety and depression in children: an umbrella review of meta-analyses

    Article • October 2025, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  8. Well-being package for foster carers and teachers of looked-after children aged 8 to 11 years: the STrAWB feasibility RCT

    Article • Public Health Research, March 2025, National Institute for Health Research

    Annette Bauer, MATT Woolgar, Prof Nick Midgley

  9. Primary and secondary trauma in adoptive parents

    Article • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, September 2024, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  10. Typological and cumulative approaches to risk and adversity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): retrospective cohort analysis in South London

    Article • June 2024, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  11. Risk rates and profiles at intake in child and adolescent mental health services: A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London

    Article • JCPP Advances, May 2024, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  12. Adoptive parents’ satisfaction with child and adolescent mental services and their mental health concerns over time: A question of fit?

    Article • Developmental Child Welfare, December 2023, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar, Carmen Pinto

  13. Risk rates and profiles at intake in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): A cohort and latent class analyses of 21,688 young people in South London

    Article • November 2023, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  14. I Know What to Do; I Can Do It; It Will Work: The Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale (BPSES) for Parenting Interventions

    Article • Child Psychiatry & Human Development, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar

  15. Routinely used interventions to improve attachment in infants and young children: a national survey and two systematic reviews

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, February 2023, National Institute for Health Research

    MATT Woolgar

  16. A “transmission gap” between research and practice? A Q-methodology study of perceptions of the application of attachment theory among clinicians working with children and among attachment researchers

    Article • Attachment & Human Development, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    MATT Woolgar

  17. ‘Instruments are good at eliciting information; scores are very dangerous’: The perspectives of clinical professionals regarding neurodevelopmental assessment

    Article • Autism, September 2022, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  18. Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one‐ to three‐year‐olds

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, August 2022, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  19. A modified video-feedback intervention for carers of foster children aged 6 years and under with reactive attachment disorder: a feasibility study and pilot RCT

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, August 2022, National Institute for Health Research

    MATT Woolgar

  20. Children in foster care with symptoms of reactive attachment disorder: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a modified video-feedback parenting intervention

    Article • BJPsych Open, July 2022, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    MATT Woolgar

  21. Clinical perspectives on the identification of neurodevelopmental conditions in children and changes in referral pathways: qualitative interviews

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2022, BMJ

    MATT Woolgar

  22. Differentiating “Attachment Difficulties” From Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Qualitative Interviews With Experienced Health Care Professionals

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, February 2022, Frontiers

    MATT Woolgar

  23. Mental health and behavioural difficulties in adopted children: A systematic review of post-adoption risk and protective factors

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, December 2021, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  24. Global Workforce Development in Father Engagement Competencies for Family-Based Interventions Using an Online Training Program: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study

    Article • Child Psychiatry & Human Development, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar

  25. Socioemotional profiles of autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and disinhibited and reactive attachment disorders: a symptom comparison and network approach

    Article • Development and Psychopathology, November 2021, Cambridge University Press

    MATT Woolgar

  26. “Instruments are good at eliciting information; scores are very dangerous”: The perspectives of clinical professionals regarding neurodevelopmental assessment

    Article • February 2021, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  27. Differentiating 'attachment difficulties' from autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Qualitative interviews with experienced health care professionals

    Article • February 2021, Center for Open Science

    MATT Woolgar

  28. Informing the personalisation of interventions for parents of children with conduct problems: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar, Dr Kathy McKay

  29. Parent and Youth Perspectives and Retention in Functional Family Therapy

    Article • Family Process, September 2020, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  30. Identifying and managing care for children with autism spectrum disorders in general practice: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, July 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    MATT Woolgar

  31. Autism Spectrum Disorders in the work of General Practitioners: a systematic narrative review

    Article • November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar

  32. The diverse neurobiological processes and legacies of early adversity: implications for practice

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, September 2019, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  33. Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the relationship between adherence, competence and outcome in psychotherapy for children and adolescents

    Article • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    MATT Woolgar

  34. Early caregiving predicts attachment representations in adolescence: findings from two longitudinal studies

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, June 2018, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  35. Secondary trauma and compassion fatigue in foster carers

    Article • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Beatrice Hannah, MATT Woolgar

  36. Parenting in the community: A service evaluation of a universal, voluntary sector parenting intervention

    Article • Journal of Community Psychology, January 2018, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  37. Do children adopted from British foster care show difficulties in executive functioning and social communication?

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, November 2017, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  38. Childhood maltreatment and its link to borderline personality disorder features in children: A systematic review approach

    Article • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, June 2017, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  39. A pilot randomized controlled trial of time-intensive cognitive–behaviour therapy for postpartum obsessive–compulsive disorder: effects on maternal symptoms, mother–infant interactions and attachment

    Article • Psychological Medicine, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Fiona Challacombe, MATT Woolgar

  40. Parenting and mother-infant interactions in the context of maternal postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder: Effects of obsessional symptoms and mood

    Article • Infant Behavior and Development, August 2016, Elsevier

    MATT Woolgar

  41. Editorial: Looked-after children - a perspective into a more resilient future

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, October 2015, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  42. Introduction: Looked-after children

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, October 2015, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  43. Attempting to prevent postnatal depression by targeting the mother–infant relationship: a randomised controlled trial

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, November 2014, Cambridge University Press

    MATT Woolgar

  44. Defiant Children: A Clinican's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training (3rd edn) Russell A. Barkley New York: Guilford, 2013. pp. 238, £26.99 (pb). ISBN: 978-1-4625-0950-8.

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, August 2014, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  45. Attachment disorders versus more common problems in looked after and adopted children: comparing community and expert assessments

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, January 2014, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  46. Callous-unemotional traits in children and mechanisms of impaired eye contact during expressions of love: a treatment target?

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, October 2013, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  47. The practical implications of the emerging findings in the neurobiology of maltreatment for looked after and adopted children: recognising the diversity of outcomes

    Article • Adoption & Fostering, October 2013, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  48. Social Learning Theory–Based Parenting Programs to Treat Attachment Difficulties: A Case Study of an Older Child Placed Late for Adoption

    Article • Adoption Quarterly, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    MATT Woolgar

  49. The negative consequences of over-diagnosing attachment disorders in adopted children: The importance of comprehensive formulations

    Article • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, April 2013, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  50. Love, eye contact and the developmental origins of empathy v. psychopathy

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, March 2012, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    MATT Woolgar

  51. Developmental psychology through infancy, childhood, and adolescence

    Article • February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MATT Woolgar

  52. Emotion processing in infancy: Specificity in risk for social anxiety and associations with two-year outcomes

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, December 2011, SAGE Publications

    MATT Woolgar

  53. Attachment in adolescence: overlap with parenting and unique prediction of behavioural adjustment

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, August 2011, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  54. Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, August 2011, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  55. Cognitive vulnerability to depression in young people in secure accommodation: The influence of ethnicity and current suicidal ideation

    Article • Journal of Adolescence, January 2010, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  56. How do suicidal ideation and self-harm contribute to depression in adolescents?

    Article • January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    MATT Woolgar

  57. The representation of fathers by children of depressed mothers: refining the meaning of parentification in high-risk samples

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, September 2009, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  58. Adoption Conversations: What, When and How to Tell

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, September 2009, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  59. Overcoming Teenage Low Mood and Depression Nicky Dummett and Chris Williams London: Hodder Arnold, 2008. pp. 347. £19.99 (pb). ISBN: 978-0-340-9465-7.

    Article • Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, December 2008, Cambridge University Press

    MATT Woolgar

  60. Processing of faces and emotional expressions in infants at risk of social phobia

    Article • Cognition & Emotion, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Andy Young, MATT Woolgar

  61. Conduct Disorder in Older Children and Young People: Research Messages for Practice Problems

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, February 2008, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  62. Conversations around homework: Links to parental mental health, family characteristics and child psychological functioning

    Article • British Journal of Developmental Psychology, March 2006, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  63. Evidence-based management of conduct disorders

    Article • Current Opinion in Psychiatry, July 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    MATT Woolgar

  64. Association between childhood feeding problems and maternal eating disorder: role of the family environment

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, March 2004, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    MATT Woolgar

  65. Self-exclusion from health care in women at high risk for postpartum depression

    Article • Journal of Public Health, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    MATT Woolgar

  66. Children’s Social Representations in Dolls’ House Play and Theory of Mind Tasks, and their Relation to Family Adversity and Child Disturbance

    Article • Social Development, December 2001, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  67. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression in 5-year-old Children of Depressed Mothers

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, October 2001, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  68. Children's play narrative responses to hypothetical dilemmas and their awareness of moral emotions

    Article • British Journal of Developmental Psychology, March 2001, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  69. Post-partum depression and the mother-infant relationship in a South African peri-urban settlement

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 1999, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    MATT Woolgar

  70. Projective Doll Play Methodologies for Preschool Children

    Article • Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review, September 1999, Cambridge University Press

    MATT Woolgar

  71. Projective Doll Play Methodologies for Preschool Children

    Article • Child and Adolescent Mental Health, September 1999, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar

  72. Depressed Mothers' Speech to Their Infants and its Relation to Infant Gender and Cognitive Development

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, October 1993, Wiley

    MATT Woolgar