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- Community singing intervention reduces maternal salivary cytokines and enhances maternal-infant cortisol synchrony in postnatal depression: biological findings from the SHAPER-PND trial. Brain, behavior, and immunity. 2026 Academic Article GET IT
- Maternal communication and attachment following a group singing intervention for postnatal depression: findings from the SHAPER-PND trial. Psychological medicine. 2026 Academic Article GET IT
- HappyMums mobile application study protocol: use of a smartphone application to gather data predictive of antenatal depression. BMJ open. 2026 Academic Article GET IT
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Clinical effectiveness, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community singing intervention for postnatal depressive symptoms, SHAPER-PND: randomised controlled trial.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science.
2025
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The role of music in perinatal mental health, with a psychoneuroimmunological perspective.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health.
2025
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Implementation of singing groups for postnatal depression: experiences of participants and professional stakeholders in the SHAPER-PND randomised controlled trial.
Frontiers in health services.
2025
Academic Article
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A qualitative exploration of active ingredients and mechanisms of action of an online singing programme with mothers experiencing postnatal depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: SHAPER-PNDO study.
BMC psychology.
2024
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Women with depression in pregnancy or a history of depression have decreased quality of mentalization in the speech to their infants.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica.
2023
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Feasibility, clinical efficacy, and well-being outcomes of an online singing intervention for postnatal depression in the UK: SHAPER-PNDO, a single-arm clinical trial.
Pilot and feasibility studies.
2023
Academic Article
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Times cited: 18 -
Online singing interventions for postnatal depression in times of social isolation: a feasibility study protocol for the SHAPER-PNDO single-arm trial.
Pilot and feasibility studies.
2022
Academic Article
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Times cited: 7 -
Study protocol: randomised controlled hybrid type 2 trial evaluating the scale-up of two arts interventions for postnatal depression and Parkinson's disease.
BMJ open.
2022
Academic Article
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Times cited: 7 -
SHAPER-PND trial: clinical effectiveness protocol of a community singing intervention for postnatal depression.
BMJ open.
2021
Academic Article
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Times cited: 18 -
Music, mental health, and immunity.
Brain, behavior, & immunity - health.
2021
Academic Article
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Times cited: 57 -
Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service.
BJPsych bulletin.
2021
Academic Article
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Times cited: 26