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  1. ‘How does she feel about me?’: Exploring foster carer mentalizing and its association with the quality of fostering relationships

    Article • Children and Youth Services Review, November 2026, Elsevier

    Michelle Sleed

  2. Epistemic Trust and Mentalization-Based Treatment for Parents: A Theory-Testing Case Study

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, April 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed

  3. A transdiagnostic mentalization-based parenting intervention versus care as usual for parents with mental disorders in adult mental health services in Denmark: protocol for a randomized clinical trial

    Article • Trials, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Sleed

  4. National pilot of innovative early years skill mix working in five Start for Life sites in England: study protocol

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, January 2026, Cambridge University Press

    Michelle Sleed

  5. Protocol for the Start for Life National Evaluation: What works, for whom, under what circumstances?

    Article • NIHR Open Research, December 2025, National Institute for Health Research

    Michelle Sleed

  6. A mentalization-based parenting intervention (Lighthouse Parenting Programme) for parents with various mental disorders in adult mental health service: A feasibility study

    Article • Mental Health & Prevention, June 2025, Elsevier

    Michelle Sleed

  7. The freedom to mentalize: The influence of socio‐demographic indicators of empowerment on parental reflective functioning

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, May 2025, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  8. A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Psychometric Properties of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)

    Article • Child Maltreatment, April 2025, SAGE Publications

    Michelle Sleed

  9. Protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of preventive interventions versus any control intervention for parents with a mental disorder on offspring outcomes

    Article • Systematic Reviews, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michelle Sleed

  10. Parental Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: A narrative review of measurement, association, and future directions

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

    Michelle Sleed

  11. Parental Mentalizing in the Child Protection Context: Research and Clinical Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed

  12. Caregiver Mentalizing and Child Emotional Regulation: A Novel Approach to Examining Bidirectional Impact

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Nick Midgley, Michelle Sleed

  13. The Evidence-Base for Psychodynamic Interventions with Children Under 5 Years of Age and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Nick Midgley, Michelle Sleed

  14. Observing and interpreting clinical process: Methods and findings from ‘Layered analysis’ of parent–infant psychotherapy

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, June 2023, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  15. Trust me! Parental embodied mentalizing predicts infant cognitive and language development in longitudinal follow-up

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, August 2022, Frontiers

    Michelle Sleed

  16. ‘Trust me, we can sort this out’: a theory-testing case study of the role of epistemic trust in fostering relationships

    Article • Qualitative Research in Psychology, February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Nick Midgley, Michelle Sleed

  17. The assessment of representational risk (ARR): Development and psychometric properties of a new coding system for assessing risk in the parent–infant relationship

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, June 2021, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  18. Mentalization-Based Interventions for Children Aged 6-12 and Their Carers: A Narrative Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed, Prof Nick Midgley

  19. Capturing Parental Mentalization: A Thematic Analysis of Expert Perspectives in Elements Required for Valid Measures

    Article • Journal of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed

  20. Het Vuurtorenprogramma: kindermishandeling aanpakken door het mentaliserend vermogen van ouders te versterken

    Article • Gezinstherapie Wereldwijd, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Gerry Byrne, Prof Nick Midgley, Michelle Sleed

  21. Caregiving representations in war conditions: Associations with maternal trauma, mental health, and mother–infant interaction

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, February 2020, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  22. “What support would you find helpful?” The relationship between treatment expectations, therapeutic engagement, and clinical outcomes in parent–infant psychotherapy

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

    Michelle Sleed

  23. Reflective Functioning on the Parent Development Interview: validity and reliability in relation to socio-demographic factors

    Article • Attachment & Human Development, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Fonagy, Michelle Sleed

  24. Lighthouse Parenting Programme: Description and pilot evaluation of mentalization-based treatment to address child maltreatment

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

    Peter Fonagy, Michelle Sleed, Mr Gerry Byrne, Prof Nick Midgley

  25. The psychometric properties of the Ages & Stages Questionnaires for ages 2-2.5: a systematic review

    Article • Child Care Health and Development, August 2016, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  26. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF PARENT-INFANT PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR PARENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND YOUNG INFANTS

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, March 2016, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  27. New Beginnings for mothers and babies in prison: A cluster randomized controlled trial

    Article • Attachment & Human Development, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Peter Fonagy, Michelle Sleed

  28. A psychotherapeutic baby clinic in a hostel for homeless families: Practice and evaluation

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

    Peter Fonagy, Michelle Sleed

  29. The Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional: A validation study of a mother-report questionnaire on a clinical mother-infant sample

    Article • Infant Mental Health Journal Infancy and Early Childhood, July 2010, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  30. New Beginnings–an experience-based programme addressing the attachment relationship between mothers and their babies in prisons

    Article • Journal of Child Psychotherapy, August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed

  31. Development and preliminary psychometric evaluation of the parent report version of the Bath Adolescent Pain Questionnaire (BAPQ-P): A multidimensional parent report instrument to assess the impact of chronic pain on adolescents

    Article • Pain, September 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michelle Sleed

  32. Bath Adolescent Pain Questionnaire-Parent Report

    Article • January 2007, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michelle Sleed

  33. Effectiveness and costs of acute day hospital treatment compared with conventional in-patient care

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, March 2006, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Michelle Sleed

  34. The costs and effectiveness of two psychosocial treatment programmes for personality disorder: a controlled study

    Article • European Psychiatry, March 2006, Elsevier

    Michelle Sleed

  35. Young families under stress: assessing maternal and child well-being using a mixed-methods approach

    Article • Child & Family Social Work, February 2006, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  36. Assessing services, supports and costs for young families under stress

    Article • Child Care Health and Development, January 2006, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  37. The economic impact of chronic pain in adolescence: Methodological considerations and a preliminary costs-of-illness study

    Article • Pain, December 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michelle Sleed

  38. The costs of alcoholism

    Article • Journal of Mental Health, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Michelle Sleed

  39. Developing a methodology and instrument for collecting economic-related data in an adolescent chronic pain population

    Article • Journal of Pain, March 2005, Elsevier

    Michelle Sleed

  40. Development and psychometric evaluation of the Bath Adolescent Pain Questionnaire (BAPQ)

    Article • Journal of Pain, March 2005, Elsevier

    Michelle Sleed

  41. Bath Adolescent Pain Questionnaire

    Article • January 2005, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michelle Sleed

  42. Young families under stress: outcomes and costs of home-start support by C. McAuley, M. Knapp, J. Beecham, N. McCurry, and M. Sleed, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2004 ISBN 1 85935 217 0, 67 pp

    Article • Children & Society, January 2005, Wiley

    Michelle Sleed

  43. The Effectiveness of the Vignette Methodology: A Comparison of Written and Video Vignettes in Eliciting Responses about Date Rape

    Article • South African Journal of Psychology, December 2002, SAGE Publications

    Michelle Sleed

  44. Parental Care and Attachment

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Peter Fonagy, Michelle Sleed