Maria Loades

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Maria Loades is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Loades has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Clinical Psychology, 41 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 26 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Maria Loades's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (37 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (33 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (20 papers). Maria Loades is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (37 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (33 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (20 papers). Maria Loades collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Maria Loades's co-authors include Esther Crawley, Shirley Reynolds, Amberly Brigden, Nina Higson‐Sweeney, Catherine Linney, Roz Shafran, Eleanor Chatburn, Catherine Borwick, Kate Cooper and Ailsa Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Maria Loades

98 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rapid Systematic Review: The Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in the Context of COVID-19

2020 1.7k citations Maria Loades, Nina Higson‐Sweeney et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Loades United Kingdom	19	2.2k	684	472	417	384	108	3.2k
James N. Kirby Australia	26	2.5k 1.2×	900 1.3×	376 0.8×	415 1.0×	342 0.9×	101	3.4k
Assaf Oshri United States	34	2.3k 1.1×	648 0.9×	508 1.1×	695 1.7×	415 1.1×	136	3.5k
José A. Piqueras Spain	28	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	384 0.8×	466 1.1×	471 1.2×	212	3.6k
Gilbert R. Parra United States	24	1.3k 0.6×	728 1.1×	379 0.8×	402 1.0×	448 1.2×	66	2.8k
Natacha Carragher Australia	29	1.6k 0.7×	464 0.7×	408 0.9×	616 1.5×	278 0.7×	74	2.8k
Barbara Dooley Ireland	25	1.5k 0.7×	409 0.6×	442 0.9×	469 1.1×	252 0.7×	81	2.4k
Jessica Deighton United Kingdom	32	2.0k 0.9×	694 1.0×	795 1.7×	329 0.8×	788 2.1×	131	3.3k
Nicole H. Weiss United States	33	3.2k 1.5×	654 1.0×	517 1.1×	582 1.4×	201 0.5×	202	4.4k
Tadashi Takeshima Japan	22	1.4k 0.6×	805 1.2×	789 1.7×	410 1.0×	263 0.7×	76	2.8k
Amberly Brigden United Kingdom	13	1.5k 0.7×	449 0.7×	348 0.7×	300 0.7×	219 0.6×	40	2.2k

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Ball, Jessica, Richard Meiser‐Stedman, Maria Loades, et al.. (2025). The efficacy of an online self‐administered single session intervention to promote growth mindset in adolescents: A randomised controlled trial. JCPP Advances.

Jordan, Abbie, et al.. (2024). The impact of co-occurring chronic pain and mental health symptoms on adolescent functioning, a cross-sectional survey. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 629–629. 1 indexed citations

Loades, Maria, et al.. (2024). A model of community youth mental health support services in the global South: A description and use of school-based services delivered by a non-governmental organisation in South Africa. Children and Youth Services Review. 166. 107967–107967. 1 indexed citations

Loades, Maria, Nina Higson‐Sweeney, Bonnie Teague, et al.. (2024). What do they look for and what do they find? A coproduced qualitative study on young people's experiences of searching for mental health information online. Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice. 98(2). 373–395. 5 indexed citations

Coetzee, Bronwynè & Maria Loades. (2024). Debate: Where to next for universal school‐based mental health interventions? Addressing the mental health crisis among young people in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 30(1). 105–107. 2 indexed citations

Higson‐Sweeney, Nina, Kate Cooper, Barnaby D. Dunn, & Maria Loades. (2023). “I’m always going to be tired”: a qualitative exploration of adolescents’ experiences of fatigue in depression. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 33(5). 1369–1381. 5 indexed citations

Coetzee, Bronwynè, et al.. (2023). Four Steps To My Future (4STMF): acceptability, feasibility and exploratory outcomes of a universal school‐based mental health and well‐being programme, delivered to young adolescents in South Africa. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 29(1). 22–32. 4 indexed citations

Coetzee, Bronwynè, et al.. (2022). 4 Steps To My Future (4STMF): protocol for a universal school-based pilot and feasibility study of a CBT-based psychoeducational intervention to support psychological well-being amongst young adolescents in the Western Cape, South Africa. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8(1). 99–99. 2 indexed citations

Loades, Maria, et al.. (2022). South African youth’s understanding of feelings, thoughts and behaviours: Implications for the development of CBT-based mental health interventions. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 50(5). 447–461. 1 indexed citations

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Crawley, Esther, et al.. (2022). What treatments work for anxiety and depression in children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome? An updated systematic review. BMJ Open. 12(1). e051358–e051358. 3 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Bronwynè, et al.. (2021). What should a Universal School-Based Psychoeducational Programme to Support Psychological Well-Being amongst Children and Young People in South Africa Focus on and how should it be Delivered? A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. School Mental Health. 14(1). 189–200. 9 indexed citations

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Loades, Maria, Silia Vitoratou, Katharine A. Rimes, & Trudie Chalder. (2020). Assessing functioning in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: psychometric properties and factor structure of the School and Social Adjustment Scale and the Physical Functioning Subscale of the SF36. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 48(5). 546–556. 8 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Bronwynè, Maria Loades, Stefani Du Toit, & Ashraf Kagee. (2019). Correlates of Fatigue Among South African Adolescents Living with HIV and Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS and Behavior. 23(3). 602–608. 9 indexed citations

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Loades, Maria, et al.. (2019). Which HIV-infected youth are at risk of developing depression and what treatments help? A systematic review focusing on Southern Africa. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 33(5). 15 indexed citations

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Loades, Maria, Katharine A. Rimes, Sheila Ali, Kate Lievesley, & Trudie Chalder. (2018). Does fatigue and distress in a clinical cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome correlate with fatigue and distress in their parents?. Child Care Health and Development. 45(1). 129–137. 4 indexed citations

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Loades, Maria, Katharine A. Rimes, Kate Lievesley, Sheila Ali, & Trudie Chalder. (2018). Illness beliefs of adolescents with CFS and their parents: the perceived causes of illness and beliefs about recovery. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 32(4). 5 indexed citations

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Coetzee, Bronwynè, et al.. (2018). Fatigue among South African adolescents living with HIV: is the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire a suitable measure and how common is fatigue?. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 13(4). 305–316. 6 indexed citations

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Crawley, Esther, et al.. (2017). What treatments work for anxiety in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)? Systematic review. BMJ Open. 7(9). e015481–e015481. 11 indexed citations

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Mahoney‐Davies, Gerwyn, et al.. (2017). Emotion awareness and cognitive behavioural therapy in young people with autism spectrum disorder. Autism. 22(7). 837–844. 8 indexed citations

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Loades, Maria, et al.. (2016). Treatment for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and comorbid depression: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012271–e012271. 17 indexed citations

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