Adaptive Innovative Methods
We are committed to improving support for mental health problems in children and young people by promoting a focus on the mechanisms that drive mental health problems (e.g., repetitive thinking, emotion regulation) to develop more effective treatments.
We are a team of researchers and clinicians from the Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.
Find out more about our Team or our Funders and Contributors.
The AIM project is part of a wider project called Mental Health in Development (MHID) which aims to deliver targeted, effective, and accessible mental health interventions to meet the needs of diverse children and young people (aged 0-18 years). They are doing this through a range of projects which are developing infrastructure, research capacity, and collaborations across institutions and sectors.
You might be interested in these other MHID projects:
AnDY (Anxiety and Depression in Young people) Research Clinic Oxford: a clinic embedded in CAMHS focused on assessing and treating young people for anxiety, OCD and depression disorders, and undertaking research into the development, maintenance and treatment of such disorders.
Supporting Early Minds Research Network: a research network bringing together researchers, services, and families to develop a research agenda focused on more effective interventions to support social, emotional and cognitive development in under 5s.
WISDOM Schools Research Network: a research network bringing together primary and secondary schools in England with academic researchers to facilitate high quality mental health research that meets the diverse needs of school communities.
Parent Carer Research Network: a research network set up to champion the voices of parents and carers in children and young people’s mental health research, founded and facilitated by parents with lived experience, the Charlie Waller Trust, and research teams at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford.
INSiGHTS: a project working collaboratively with young people, families and communities to develop innovative and inclusive ways to do research, particularly with groups who are currently not well represented in research.