Research outputs
2025
Evaluating the Government Response to the House of Lords Inquiry Into Preterm Birth: A Commentary on the Gaps in Maternal Mental Healthcare.
Worrall, S., Bridle, L., Burgess, K., Carlisle, N. H., Carter, J., Downe, S., . . . Silverio, S. A. (2025). Evaluating the Government Response to the House of Lords Inquiry Into Preterm Birth: A Commentary on the Gaps in Maternal Mental Healthcare.. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.18250
A Protocol for the Development and Validation of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale – Preterm Birth [PSAS-PTB] and the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [PSAS-NICU]
The relationship between prenatal anxiety and gestational age: A systematic review.
Worrall, S., Carlisle, N., Pike, O., Moffitt, J., Carter, J., Christiansen, P., . . . Fallon, V. (2025). The relationship between prenatal anxiety and gestational age: A systematic review.. General hospital psychiatry, 96, 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.05.007
Psychosocial experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: a UK-wide study of prevalence rates and risk factors for clinically relevant depression and anxiety.
Worrall, S., Pike, O., Christiansen, P., Jackson, L., De Pascalis, L., Harrold, J. A., . . . Silverio, S. A. (2025). Psychosocial experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: a UK-wide study of prevalence rates and risk factors for clinically relevant depression and anxiety.. Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology, 46(1), 2459619. doi:10.1080/0167482x.2025.2459619
Women's psychological experiences of preterm labour and birth which results in an intrapartum stillbirth or a neonatal death: an empty systematic review.
Worrall, S., Payne, E., Fellows, R. E., Pike, O., Carlisle, N. H., Carter, J., . . . Silverio, S. A. (2025). Women's psychological experiences of preterm labour and birth which results in an intrapartum stillbirth or a neonatal death: an empty systematic review.. Frontiers in psychiatry, 16, 1544485. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1544485
2024
Current policy and practice for the identification, management, and treatment of postpartum anxiety in the United Kingdom: a focus group study.
Harris, E. J., Worrall, S., Fallon, V., & Silverio, S. A. (2024). Current policy and practice for the identification, management, and treatment of postpartum anxiety in the United Kingdom: a focus group study.. BMC psychiatry, 24(1), 680. doi:10.1186/s12888-024-06058-7
Measurement invariance analysis of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale - Research Short Form in mothers of premature and term infants.
Worrall, S., Christiansen, P., Khalil, A., Silverio, S. A., & Fallon, V. (2024). Measurement invariance analysis of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale - Research Short Form in mothers of premature and term infants.. BMC research notes, 17(1), 75. doi:10.1186/s13104-024-06746-3
A consensus statement on perinatal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for post-pandemic recovery and re-build.
Jackson, L., Greenfield, M., Payne, E., Burgess, K., Oza, M., Storey, C., . . . Silverio, S. A. (2024). A consensus statement on perinatal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for post-pandemic recovery and re-build.. Frontiers in global women's health, 5, 1347388. doi:10.3389/fgwh.2024.1347388
Anxiety, depression, and perceived wellbeing in antenatal women at risk of preterm birth: a retrospective cohort study
Worrall, S., Christiansen, P., Carlisle, N., Fallon, V., Khalil, A., Shennan, A. H., . . . UK Preterm Clinical Network. (2024). Anxiety, depression, and perceived wellbeing in antenatal women at risk of preterm birth: a retrospective cohort study.. Frontiers in global women's health, 5, 1511352. doi:10.3389/fgwh.2024.1511352
Associations between prematurity, postpartum anxiety, neonatal intensive care unit admission, and stress.
Worrall, S., Christiansen, P., Khalil, A., Silverio, S. A., & Fallon, V. (2024). Associations between prematurity, postpartum anxiety, neonatal intensive care unit admission, and stress.. Frontiers in psychiatry, 15, 1323773. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1323773
2023
The identification and measurement of postpartum anxiety in England: A Delphi survey
Worrall, S., Harris, E. J., Silverio, S. A., & Fallon, V. (2023). The identification and measurement of postpartum anxiety in England: A Delphi survey. Journal of Psychiatric Research. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.10.041
The relationship between prematurity and maternal mental health during the first postpartum year
Worrall, S., Silverio, S. A., & Fallon, V. M. (2023). The relationship between prematurity and maternal mental health during the first postpartum year. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 29(3), 511-518. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2022.10.002
2021
May I have your attention, please? Methodological and analytical flexibility in the addiction stroop
Jones, A., Worrall, S., Rudin, L., Duckworth, J. J., & Christiansen, P. (2021). May I have your attention, please? Methodological and analytical flexibility in the addiction stroop. Addiction Research & Theory, 1-14. doi:10.1080/16066359.2021.1876847