I am interested in young people and their mental wellbeing in high and low/middle income countries. I have an interest in schools as settings for promoting mental wellbeing, identifying problems and supporting young people. I am also interested in the role of parents and primary care in caring for young people with mental health problems and supporting them access care, especially during late adolescence/early adulthood. Due to my background in food/nutrition, I am also interested in the links between food/eating and mental health and wellbeing.
I am leading on a project focusing on school-based mental health research and the development of an assessment platform, currently enabling schools to undertake yearly wellbeing measurements, but with scope for broader research use. Previously, I was the scientific research manager on the EU-funded MILESTONE project (2014 to 2019), with nine interlinked work packages focusing on the transition of young people from child to adult mental health services. I coordinated the MILESTONE study, an 8-country cohort study with a nested cluster randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of 'managed transition'. Under my leadership, the MILESTONE team was highly commended for Public Engagement activities (University of Warwick awards) and won the MQ/NIHR award for Service User involvement in research. I am keen to take this research forward, with a focus on supporting young people access care after being discharged from specialist mental health services. I am also developing a research project in the area of commensality (eating together) and (student) mental health. I have a multidisciplinary background and have held research posts at a number of internationally renowned research institutions in the UK and abroad. I enjoy PhD supervision and am currently supervising three projects: Experiences of the end of care at child and adolescent mental health services (Rebecca Appleton); Psychiatric hospital reform in the Indian context (Tasneem Raja); Mental health literacy of Sikhs in England (Ariana Kular).
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Santosh, P., Adams, L., Fiori, F., Davidovic, N., de Girolamo, G., Dieleman, G. C., Franic, T., Heaney, N., Lievesley, K., Madan, Jason, Maras, A., Mastroianni, M., McNicholas, F., Paul, Moli, Purper-Ouakil, D., Sagar-Ouriaghli, I., Schulze, U., Signorini, G., Street, Catherine, Tah, Priya et al (Select to open full list), 2020. Protocol for the development and validation procedure of the managing the link and strengthening transition from child to adult mental health care (MILESTONE) suite of measures. BMC Pediatrics, 20 (1)
- Appleton, Rebecca, Mughal, Faraz, Giacco, Domenico, Tuomainen, Helena, Winsper, Catherine, Singh, Swaran P., 2020. New models of care in general practice for the youth mental health transition boundary. BJGP Open
- Appleton, Rebecca, Elahi, Farah, Tuomainen, Helena, Canaway, Alastair, Singh, Swaran P., 2020. ?I'm just a long history of people rejecting referrals? experiences of young people who fell through the gap between child and adult mental health services. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Signorini, Giulia, Davidovic, Nikolina, Dieleman, Gwen, Franic, Tomislav, Madan, Jason, Maras, Athanasios, Mc Nicholas, Fiona, O'Hara, Lesley, Paul, Moli, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Santosh, Paramala, Schulze, Ulrike, Singh, Swaran P., Street, Cathy, Tremmery, Sabine, Tuomainen, Helena, Verhulst, Frank, Warwick, Jane, Wolke, Dieter, de Girolamo, Giovanni, 2020. Transitioning from child to adult mental health services : what role for social services? Insights from a European survey. Journal of Children's Services, 15 (3), pp. 89-108
- Appleton, Rebecca, Connell, Catriona, Fairclough, Emma, Tuomainen, Helena, Singh, Swaran P., 2019. Outcomes of young people who reach the transition boundary of child and adolescent mental health services : a systematic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Hendrickx, Gaelle, De Roeck, Veronique, Russet, Frédérick, Dieleman, Gwen, Franic, Tomislav, Maras, Athanasios, McNicholas, Fiona, Paul, Moli, Santosh, Paramala, Schulze, Ulrike, Signorini, Giulia, Singh, Swaran P., Street, Catherine, Tuomainen, Helena, Verhulst, Frank, Wolke, Dieter, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Tremmery, Sabine, 2019. Transition as a topic in psychiatry training throughout Europe : trainees' perspectives. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Tuomainen, Helena, Schulze, Ulrike, Warwick, Jane, Paul, Moli, Dieleman, Gwen, Franic, Tomislav, Madan, Jason, Maras, Athanasios, McNicholas, Fiona, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Santosh, Paramala, Signorini, Giulia, Street, Catherine, Tremmery, Sabine, Verhulst, Frank C., Wolke, Dieter, Singh, Swaran P., 2018. Managing the link and strengthening transition from child to adult mental health care in Europe (MILESTONE) : background, rationale and methodology. BMC Psychiatry, 18
- Paul, Moli, O'Hara, Lesley, Tah, Priya, Street, Catherine, Maras, Athanasios, Ouakil, Diane Purper, Santosh, Paramala, Signorini, Giulia, Singh, Swaran P., Tuomainen, Helena, McNicholas, Fiona, 2018. A systematic review of the literature on ethical aspects of transitional care between child- and adult-orientated health services. BMC Medical Ethics, 19 (1)
- Paul, Moli, O'Hara, Lesley, Tah, Priya, Street, Catherine, Tuomainen, Helena, Signorini, Giulia, Santosh, Paramala, Maras, Athanasios, Purper Ouakil, Diane, Singh, Swaran P., McNicholas, Fiona, 2018. A systematic review of the literature on ethical aspects of transitional care between child- and adult-orientated health services. BMC Medical Ethics, 19
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Signorini, Giulia, Singh, Swaran P., Marsanic, Vlatka Boricevic, Dieleman, Gwen, Dodig-Curkovic, Katarina, Franic, Tomislav, Gerritsen, Suzanne E., Griffin, James M., Maras, Athanasios, McNicholas, Fiona, O'Hara, Lesley, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Paul, Moli, Russet, Frederick, Santosh, Paramala, Schulze, Ulrike, Street, Catherine, Tremmery, Sabine, Tuomainen, Helena, Verhulst, Frank et al (Select to open full list), 2018. The interface between child/adolescent and adult mental health services : results from a European 28-country survey. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 27 (4), pp. 501-511
- Signorini, Giulia, Singh, Swaran P., Boricevic-Marsanic, Vlatka, Dieleman, Gwen, Dodig-Curkovic, Katarina, Franic, Tomislav, Gerritsen, Suzanne E, Griffin, James M., Maras, Athanasios, McNicholas, Fiona, O'Hara, Lesley, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Paul, Moli, Schulze, Ulrike, Street, Catherine, Tremmery, Sabine, Tuomainen, Helena, Verhulst, Frank, Warwick, Jane, de Girolamo, Giovanni, 2017. Architecture and functioning of child and adolescent mental health services : a 28-country survey in Europe. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4 (9), pp. 715-724
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Singh, Swaran P., Tuomainen, Helena, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Maras, Athanasios, Santosh, Paramala, McNicholas, Fiona, Schulze, Ulrike, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Tremmery, Sabine, Franic, Tomislav, Madan, Jason, Paul, Moli, Verhulst, F. C., Dieleman, Gwen, Warwick, Jane, Wolke, Dieter, Street, Catherine, Daffern, Claire, Tah, Priya, Griffin, James M. et al (Select to open full list), 2017. Protocol for a cohort study of adolescent mental health service users with a nested cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of managed transition in improving transitions from child to adult mental health services (the MILESTONE study). BMJ Open, 7 (10)
- Tuomainen, Helena, 2015. Eating alone or together? Commensality among Ghanaians in London. Anthropology of Food, 14
- Craig, Christopher, Chadborn, Neil, Sands, Gina, Tuomainen, Helena, Gladman, J. R. F. (John R. F.), 2015. Systematic review of EASY-care needs assessment for community-dwelling older people. Age and Ageing, 44 (4), pp. 559-565
- Tuomainen, Helena, 2009. Ethnic identity, (post)colonialism and foodways : Ghanaians in London. Food, Culture & Society, Vol.12 (No.4), pp. 525-554
- Cox, Rosie, Holloway, Lewis, Venn, Laura, Dowler, Elizabeth, Hein, Jane Ricketts, Kneafsey, Moya, Tuomainen, Helena, 2008. Common ground? : Motivations for participation in a community-supported agriculture scheme. Local Environment, Vol.13 (No.3), pp. 203-218
- Holloway, Lewis, Kneafsey, Moya, Venn, Laura, Cox, Rosie, Dowler, Elizabeth, Tuomainen, Helena, 2007. Possible food economies : a methodological framework for exploring food production-consumption relationships. Sociologia Ruralis, 47 (1), pp. 1-19
- Holloway, Lewis, Cox, Rosie, Venn, Laura, Kneafsey, Moya, Dowler, Elizabeth, Tuomainen, Helena, 2006. Managing sustainable farmed landscape through 'alternative' food networks : a case study from Italy. Geographical Journal, 172 (3), pp. 219-229
- Venn, Laura, Kneafsey, Moya, Holloway, Lewis, Cox, Rosie, Dowler, Elizabeth, Tuomainen, Helena, 2006. Researching European 'alternative' food networks : some methodological considerations. Area, 38 (3), pp. 248-258
- Rahi, Jugnoo S., Manaras, Irene, Tuomainen, Helena, Hundt, Gillian, 2004. Meeting the needs of parents around the time of diagnosis of disability among their children : evaluation of a novel program for information, support, and liaison by key workers. Pediatrics, 114 (4), pp. E477-E482
- Cox, Rosie, Kneafsey, Moya, Venn, Laura, Holloway, Lewis, Dowler, Elizabeth, Tuomainen, Helena, 2008. Constructing sustainability through reconnection : the case of 'alternative' food networks. In Robinson, Guy (ed.), Sustainable rural systems : sustainable agriculture and rural communities, Aldershot, Ashgate, pp. 67-82
- Warwick, Jane, Bouliotis, Georgios, Wells, Philip, Yujin, Lee, Madan, Jason, Cannaway, Alastair, Tuomainen, Helena, Singh, Swaran P., 2019. Methodological issues in trials of youth mental health : what have we learnt during the MILESTONE study. International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019), Brighton, UK, 6-9 Oct 2019
- Tuomainen, Helena, 2006. Migration and foodways : continuity and change among Ghanaians in London.