Rebecca Hargate
Visiting Research Fellow

Profile

Biography

Rebecca initially joined the Lime Trees CAMHS research team in York as a Clinical Studies Officer working across child mental health studies at Lime Trees and adult mental health studies at the University of York to ensure recruitment remained to time and target, before accepting her current role as research manager for LYPFT.

Qualifications 

• MSc Forensic Psychology - Manchester Metropolitan University
• Graduate Diploma in Psychology – York St John University
• BA (Hons) Counselling & Psychology– Leeds Metropolitan University

Research

Overview

Rebecca’s research interests are in child mental health, mental health and deafness and offender health and wellbeing.

Projects

• ASPECT: Alleviating Specific Phobias Experienced by Children Trial
• DIADS: Diagnostic Instruments for Autism in Deaf children’s Study
• I-SOCIALISE: Investigating SOcial Competence and Isolation in children with Autism taking part in LEGO-based therapy clubs In School Environments

Research group(s)

• Mental Health and Addiction

Publications

Full publications list

• Hargate, R., Howden, S., Tarpey, E. and Walker, T., 2017. The PARALLEL Study (imPAct of expeRiencing Another’s seLf harm and suicidaL bEhaviour in hospitaL). The Journal of Forensic Practice, (just-accepted), pp.00-00.
• Gilbody, S., Lewis, H., Adamson, J., Atherton, K., Bailey, D., Birtwistle, J., Bosanquet, K., Clare, E., Delgadillo, J., Ekers, D. and Foster, D., 2017, et al. Effect of Collaborative Care vs Usual Care on Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults With Subthreshold Depression: The CASPER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 317(7), pp.728-737.
• Lewis H, Adamson J, Atherton K, Bailey D, Birtwistle J, Bosanquet K, et al. CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with subthreshold depression (CASPER): a multicentred randomised controlled trial of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Health Technol Assess 2017;21(8)
• Proctor, G., & Hargate, R. (2013). Quantitative and qualitative analysis of a set of goal attainment forms in primary care mental health services. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 13(3), 235-241.
• Wright, B., Marshall, D., Moore, D. C., Ainsworth, H., Hackney, L., Adamson, J., ... & Williams, C. (2014). Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories in mainstream schools. BMJ open, 4(7), e005952