Biography
Ariadna Albajara Saenz is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. She has previously practised as a child neuropsychologist. Ariadna is currently involved in several research projects related to children's mental health, special educational needs and school-based mental health interventions. Her main research project, the "Evaluating the implementation of the Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision Green Paper" project, will explore the implementation and outcomes of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Implementation Programme. More information about the project can be found here: https://arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/research-implementation/research-themes/menta...
Publications
Albajara Sáenz, A., Burn, A. M., Allen, K., Hansford, L., Hayes, R., Allwood, M., Longdon, B., Price, A., & Ford, T. (2024). Teachers’ views on the sustainability of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme: a one-year qualitative follow-up study. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2024.2347005
Albajara Saenz, A., & Massat, I. (2020). Association between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): clinical, cognitive, and neurobiological aspects. . Revue médicale de Bruxelles, 41(6), 376–384.
Albajara Saenz, A., Septier, M., Van Schuerbeek, P., Baijot, S., Deconinck, N., Defresne, P., Delvenne, V., Passeri, G., Raeymaekers, H., Salvesen, L., Victoor, L., Villemonteix, T., Willaye, E., Peigneux, P., & Massat, I. (2020). ADHD and ASD: distinct brain patterns of inhibition-related activation? Transl Psychiatry, 10(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0707-z
Albajara Saenz, A., Van Schuerbeek, P., Baijot, S., Septier, M., Deconinck, N., Defresne, P., Delvenne, V., Passeri, G., Raeymaekers, H., Slama, H., Victoor, L., Willaye, E., Peigneux, P., Villemonteix, T., & Massat, I. (2020). Disorder-specific brain volumetric abnormalities in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder relative to Autism Spectrum Disorder. PLoS One, 15(11), e0241856. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241856
Albajara Saenz, A., Villemonteix, T., & Massat, I. (2019). Structural and functional neuroimaging in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Dev Med Child Neurol, 61(4), 399-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14050
Albajara Saenz, A., Villemonteix, T., Slama, H., Baijot, S., Mary, A., Baleriaux, D., Metens, T., Kavec, M., Peigneux, P., & Massat, I. (2020). Relationship Between White Matter Abnormalities and Neuropsychological Measures in Children With ADHD. J Atten Disord, 24(7), 1020-1031. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054718787878
Albajara Saenz, A., Villemonteix, T., Van Schuerbeek, P., Baijot, S., Septier, M., Defresne, P., Delvenne, V., Passeri, G., Raeymaekers, H., Victoor, L., Willaye, E., Peigneux, P., Deconinck, N., & Massat, I. (2021). Motor Abnormalities in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder Are Associated With Regional Grey Matter Volumes. Front Neurol, 12, 666980. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.666980
Blanken, T. F., Courbet, O., Franc, N., Albajara Saenz, A., Van Someren, E. J. W., Peigneux, P., & Villemonteix, T. (2021). Is an irritable ADHD profile traceable using personality dimensions? Replicability, stability, and predictive value over time of data-driven profiles. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 30(4), 633-645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01546-z
Cardon, C., Massat, I., Villemonteix, T., & Albajara Sáenz, A. (2023). School accommodations for children and teenagers with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Revue médicale de Bruxelles, 44(1).
Massat, I., Slama, H., Villemonteix, T., Mary, A., Baijot, S., Albajara Saenz, A., Baleriaux, D., Metens, T., Kavec, M., & Peigneux, P. (2018). Hyperactivity in motor response inhibition networks in unmedicated children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. World J Biol Psychiatry, 19(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/15622975.2016.1237040
Simor, P., Polner, B., Bathori, N., Sifuentes-Ortega, R., Van Roy, A., Albajara Saenz, A., Luque Gonzalez, A., Benkirane, O., Nagy, T., & Peigneux, P. (2021). Home confinement during the COVID-19: day-to-day associations of sleep quality with rumination, psychotic-like experiences, and somatic symptoms. Sleep, 44(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab029
Zhao, X., Zhang, L., Albajara Saenz, A., Zhang, X., Sun, J., Zhong, Q., Cheng, Y., & Jia, Y. (2024). Prevalence of subthreshold depression in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian J Psychiatr, 102, 104253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104253