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Dr Rhys Bevan-Jones
- Welsh speaking
Teams and roles for Rhys Bevan-Jones
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Overview
I am a psychiatrist and researcher with the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences.
I am interested in research and clinical work from child to adult life, and mental health difficulties during this key transitional period. I am dual-trained in psychiatry for children/adolescents and adults. I am also interested in the role of visual and digital media in mental health, and have studied illustration and graphic design at Central St Martins and Kingston University (London).
In 2018, I was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) – to further develop a digital programme for depression in young people and to lead a trial on this. The programme was originally developed as part of an NIHR/HCRW Doctoral Research Fellowship (2013-2017). In 2022, I was awarded the 'Digital Innovation Award for Best Research on Digital Impact' by the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH). In 2024, I was awarded an Advancing Researcher Award by HCRW to develop my work further in digital and transition (child/adolescent to adult) mental health.
I am also working on projects such as the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health SWELL study, the Wellcome Trust risk stratification for early-onset depression study, Early Prediction of Adolescent Depression (EPAD) study, the PAMAd study to evaluate mental health services in Georgia, and the ADHD digital resource co-development project. I am a psychiatry advisor for the Canopi mental health support service for NHS and social care staff.
Publication
2025
- Bevan-Jones, R. 2025. Technology matters: Co-developing and evaluating digital support for young people with depression and anxiety, MoodHwb. Child and Adolescent Mental Health (10.1111/camh.70004)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2025. Formal and informal mental health support in young adults with recurrently depressed parents. BJPsych Open 11 (5) e200. (10.1192/bjo.2025.10819)
- Rice, F. et al. 2025. Skills for adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL): protocol for a preventive effectiveness randomised controlled trial for young people at high-familial risk of depression with treatment optimisation for parents with depression at study entry comparing online group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with treatment as usual. BMJ Open 15 e100692. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100692)
- Williams, T. et al. 2025. Reflections on the manifestation of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in girls from young adults with lived experiences: a qualitative study. The British Journal of Psychiatry 227 (5), pp.775-782. (10.1192/bjp.2025.10376)
2024
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2024. Formal and informal mental health support in young adults with recurrently depressed parents. [Online].medRxiv: openRxiv. (10.1101/2024.12.20.24319424)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.20.24319424.
- Thaventhiran, T. et al., 2024. Evaluation of intensive community care services for young people with psychiatric emergencies: study protocol for a multi-centre parallel-group, single-blinded randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase. Trials 25 (1) 141. (10.1186/s13063-024-07974-5)
2023
- Armitage, J. M. et al. 2023. Validation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) emotional subscale in assessing depression and anxiety across development. PLoS ONE 18 (7) e0288882. (10.1371/journal.pone.0288882)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2023. Digital technologies to support adolescents with depression and anxiety. BJPsych Advances 29 (4), pp.239-253. (10.1192/bja.2022.3)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2023. Further development and feasibility randomised controlled trial of a digital programme for adolescent depression, MoodHwb: study protocol. BMJ Open 13 (6) e070369. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070369)
- Powell, V. et al. 2023. Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: a focus on mood and anxiety disorders. JCPP Advances 3 (4) e12182. (10.1002/jcv2.12182)
- Stephens, A. et al. 2023. Developing and validating a prediction model of adolescent major depressive disorder in the offspring of depressed parents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64 (3), pp.367-375. (10.1111/jcpp.13704)
2022
- Makhashvili, N. et al., 2022. A transdiagnostic psychosocial prevention-intervention service for young people in the Republic of Georgia: early results of the effectiveness study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 13 (1) 2060606. (10.1080/20008198.2022.2060606)
- Warne, N. et al. 2022. Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol co-production and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049283. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049283)
2021
- Eyre, O. et al. 2021. Validation of the short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire in young adulthood. Journal of Affective Disorders 294 , pp.883-888. (10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.090)
- Powell, V. et al. 2021. ADHD in adults with recurrent depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 295 , pp.1153-1160. (10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.010)
- Riglin, L. et al. 2021. Investigating the validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire to assess ADHD in young adulthood. Psychiatry Research 301 113984. (10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113984)
- Weavers, B. et al. 2021. The antecedents and outcomes of persistent and remitting adolescent depressive symptom trajectories: a longitudinal, population-based English study. The Lancet Psychiatry 8 (12), pp.1053-1061. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00281-9)
2020
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2020. Practitioner review: Co-design of digital mental health technologies with children and young people. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 61 (8), pp.928-940. (10.1111/jcpp.13258)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2020. A digital intervention for adolescent depression 'MoodHwb': mixed-methods feasibility evaluation. JMIR Mental Health 7 (7) e14536. (10.2196/14536)
2018
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2018. A web-based psychoeducational intervention for adolescent depression: design and development of MoodHwb. JMIR Mental Health 5 (1) e13. (10.2196/mental.8894)
2017
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2017. Translation: From bench to brain – Using the visual arts and metaphors to engage and educate. Research for All 1 (2), pp.265-283. (10.18546/RFA.01.2.04)
- Bevan-Jones, R. 2017. Developing and evaluating an online psychoeducation package for adolescent depression. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2017. Psychoeducational interventions in adolescent depression: A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling (10.1016/j.pec.2017.10.015)
- Rice, F. et al. 2017. Antecedents of new-onset major depressive disorder in children and adolescents at high familial risk. JAMA Psychiatry 74 (2), pp.153-160. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3140)
2016
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2016. Prevalence and correlates of psychotic experiences amongst children of depressed parents. Psychiatry Research 243 , pp.81-86. (10.1016/j.psychres.2016.03.012)
- Cooper, M. et al. 2016. Gaining approvals for mental health research in the NHS. BJPscyh Advances 22 (1), pp.64-72. (10.1192/apt.bp.114.014035)
2015
- Mars, B. et al., 2015. Longitudinal symptom course in adults with recurrent depression: Impact on impairment and risk of psychopathology in offspring. Journal of Affective Disorders 182 , pp.32-38. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.018)
2014
- Bennett, C. , Bevan-Jones, R. and Smith, D. 2014. Prevention strategies for adolescent depression. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 20 (2), pp.116-124. (10.1192/apt.bp.112.010314)
- Eyre, O. et al. 2014. Reported child awareness of parental depression. Psychiatric Bulletin 38 (3), pp.122-127. (10.1192/pb.bp.113.044198)
2013
- Lewis, K. J. et al. 2013. The Depression impairment scale for parents (DISP): A new scale for the measurement of impairment in depressed parents. Psychiatry Research 210 (3), pp.1184-1190. (10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.001)
2012
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2012. The association between early autistic traits and psychotic experiences in adolescence. Schizophrenia Research 135 (1-3), pp.164-169. (10.1016/j.schres.2011.11.037)
- Bevan-Jones, R. , Thapar, A. K. and Thapar, A. 2012. Review: psychological and educational interventions may reduce risk of depressive disorders in children and adolescents. Evidence-Based Mental Health 15 (3), pp.82. (10.1136/ebmental-2012-100681)
- Thapar, A. K. et al. 2012. Trajectories of change in self-reported psychotic-like experiences in childhood and adolescence. Schizophrenia Research 140 (1-3), pp.104-109. (10.1016/j.schres.2012.06.024)
Articles
- Armitage, J. M. et al. 2023. Validation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) emotional subscale in assessing depression and anxiety across development. PLoS ONE 18 (7) e0288882. (10.1371/journal.pone.0288882)
- Bennett, C. , Bevan-Jones, R. and Smith, D. 2014. Prevention strategies for adolescent depression. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 20 (2), pp.116-124. (10.1192/apt.bp.112.010314)
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2020. Practitioner review: Co-design of digital mental health technologies with children and young people. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 61 (8), pp.928-940. (10.1111/jcpp.13258)
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2012. The association between early autistic traits and psychotic experiences in adolescence. Schizophrenia Research 135 (1-3), pp.164-169. (10.1016/j.schres.2011.11.037)
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2018. A web-based psychoeducational intervention for adolescent depression: design and development of MoodHwb. JMIR Mental Health 5 (1) e13. (10.2196/mental.8894)
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2017. Translation: From bench to brain – Using the visual arts and metaphors to engage and educate. Research for All 1 (2), pp.265-283. (10.18546/RFA.01.2.04)
- Bevan-Jones, R. 2025. Technology matters: Co-developing and evaluating digital support for young people with depression and anxiety, MoodHwb. Child and Adolescent Mental Health (10.1111/camh.70004)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2023. Digital technologies to support adolescents with depression and anxiety. BJPsych Advances 29 (4), pp.239-253. (10.1192/bja.2022.3)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2016. Prevalence and correlates of psychotic experiences amongst children of depressed parents. Psychiatry Research 243 , pp.81-86. (10.1016/j.psychres.2016.03.012)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2023. Further development and feasibility randomised controlled trial of a digital programme for adolescent depression, MoodHwb: study protocol. BMJ Open 13 (6) e070369. (10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070369)
- Bevan-Jones, R. , Thapar, A. K. and Thapar, A. 2012. Review: psychological and educational interventions may reduce risk of depressive disorders in children and adolescents. Evidence-Based Mental Health 15 (3), pp.82. (10.1136/ebmental-2012-100681)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2020. A digital intervention for adolescent depression 'MoodHwb': mixed-methods feasibility evaluation. JMIR Mental Health 7 (7) e14536. (10.2196/14536)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2017. Psychoeducational interventions in adolescent depression: A systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling (10.1016/j.pec.2017.10.015)
- Bevan-Jones, R. et al. 2025. Formal and informal mental health support in young adults with recurrently depressed parents. BJPsych Open 11 (5) e200. (10.1192/bjo.2025.10819)
- Cooper, M. et al. 2016. Gaining approvals for mental health research in the NHS. BJPscyh Advances 22 (1), pp.64-72. (10.1192/apt.bp.114.014035)
- Eyre, O. et al. 2021. Validation of the short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire in young adulthood. Journal of Affective Disorders 294 , pp.883-888. (10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.090)
- Eyre, O. et al. 2014. Reported child awareness of parental depression. Psychiatric Bulletin 38 (3), pp.122-127. (10.1192/pb.bp.113.044198)
- Lewis, K. J. et al. 2013. The Depression impairment scale for parents (DISP): A new scale for the measurement of impairment in depressed parents. Psychiatry Research 210 (3), pp.1184-1190. (10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.001)
- Makhashvili, N. et al., 2022. A transdiagnostic psychosocial prevention-intervention service for young people in the Republic of Georgia: early results of the effectiveness study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 13 (1) 2060606. (10.1080/20008198.2022.2060606)
- Mars, B. et al., 2015. Longitudinal symptom course in adults with recurrent depression: Impact on impairment and risk of psychopathology in offspring. Journal of Affective Disorders 182 , pp.32-38. (10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.018)
- Powell, V. et al. 2021. ADHD in adults with recurrent depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 295 , pp.1153-1160. (10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.010)
- Powell, V. et al. 2023. Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: a focus on mood and anxiety disorders. JCPP Advances 3 (4) e12182. (10.1002/jcv2.12182)
- Rice, F. et al. 2025. Skills for adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL): protocol for a preventive effectiveness randomised controlled trial for young people at high-familial risk of depression with treatment optimisation for parents with depression at study entry comparing online group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with treatment as usual. BMJ Open 15 e100692. (10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100692)
- Rice, F. et al. 2017. Antecedents of new-onset major depressive disorder in children and adolescents at high familial risk. JAMA Psychiatry 74 (2), pp.153-160. (10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3140)
- Riglin, L. et al. 2021. Investigating the validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire to assess ADHD in young adulthood. Psychiatry Research 301 113984. (10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113984)
- Stephens, A. et al. 2023. Developing and validating a prediction model of adolescent major depressive disorder in the offspring of depressed parents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64 (3), pp.367-375. (10.1111/jcpp.13704)
- Thapar, A. K. et al. 2012. Trajectories of change in self-reported psychotic-like experiences in childhood and adolescence. Schizophrenia Research 140 (1-3), pp.104-109. (10.1016/j.schres.2012.06.024)
- Thaventhiran, T. et al., 2024. Evaluation of intensive community care services for young people with psychiatric emergencies: study protocol for a multi-centre parallel-group, single-blinded randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase. Trials 25 (1) 141. (10.1186/s13063-024-07974-5)
- Warne, N. et al. 2022. Collecting genetic samples and linked mental health data from adolescents in schools: protocol co-production and a mixed-methods pilot of feasibility and acceptability. BMJ Open 12 (2) e049283. (10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049283)
- Weavers, B. et al. 2021. The antecedents and outcomes of persistent and remitting adolescent depressive symptom trajectories: a longitudinal, population-based English study. The Lancet Psychiatry 8 (12), pp.1053-1061. (10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00281-9)
- Williams, T. et al. 2025. Reflections on the manifestation of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in girls from young adults with lived experiences: a qualitative study. The British Journal of Psychiatry 227 (5), pp.775-782. (10.1192/bjp.2025.10376)
Thesis
- Bevan-Jones, R. 2017. Developing and evaluating an online psychoeducation package for adolescent depression. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Websites
- Bevan Jones, R. et al. 2024. Formal and informal mental health support in young adults with recurrently depressed parents. [Online].medRxiv: openRxiv. (10.1101/2024.12.20.24319424)Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.20.24319424.
Contact Details
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+44 29206 88451
Hadyn Ellis Building, Room Room 2.27, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
+44 29206 88451
Hadyn Ellis Building, Room Room 2.27, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
