Research at Gender Plus

Our Team’s Research

Aidan Kelly

  1. Morandini, J., Kelly, A., de Graff, N., Malouf, P, Guerin, E., Dar Nimrod, I & Carmichael, P. (2023). Is social gender transition associated with mental health status in children and adolescents with Gender Dysphoria? Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

  2. Morandini, J. S., Kelly, A., de Graaf, N., Dar-Nimrod, I., & Carmichael, P. (2021). Shifts in demographics and mental health co-morbidities among gender dysphoric youth referred to a specialist Gender Dysphoria Service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 27(2):480-491. doi: 10.1177/13591045211046813.

  3. Kljakovic, M., Kelly, A., & Richardson, A. (2021). School refusal and isolation: The perspectives of five adolescent school refusers in London, UK. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1177/13591045211025782 

  4. Kljakovic, M., & Kelly, A. (2019). Working with school-refusing young people in Tower Hamlets, London. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 24(4), 921-933. 

  5. Kelly, A., Rhodes, P., MacDonald, C., & Mikes-Liu, K. (2018). Diagnosis and dialogue in acute child and adolescent mental health care. Clinical psychologist, 22(1), 99-104. 

  6. Rhodes, P., Dawson, L., Kelly, A. & Renshall, K. (2013). Introducing qualitative research into a psychology program: co-learning, hospitality and rigour. International Journal of Innovation in Maths and Science Education, 21 (1), 18-28.

  7. Kelly, A. & Ciclitira, K. (2012) Eating and drinking habits of young London-based Irish men: a qualitative study. Journal of Gender Studies, 20 (3), 223-235.

Claudia Zitz

  1. Zitz, C., Burns, J. & Tacconelli, E. (2014). Trans men and friendships: A foucauldian discourse analysis. Feminism and Psychology,  24(2), 216-237. Doi: 10.1177/0959353514526224.

  2. Burns, J., & Zitz, C. (2015). Clinical Psychology. In The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender (pp. 263-279). Palgrave Macmillan UK.

  3. De Graaf, N., Giovanardi, G., Zitz C., Carmichael, P. (2018). Sex ratio in children and adolescents referred to the Gender Identity Development Service in the UK (2009–2016). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, pp. 1301-1304.

  4. De Graaf, N., Manjra, I., Zitz, C., Hames, A. (2018), Thinking about ethnicity and gender diversity in children and young people, Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24(2), 291-303.

  5. Richards, C, Lenihan, P, Milton, M, Moon, I & Zitz, C 2024, Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity. 2nd edn, British Psychological Society. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpsrep.2024.rep129b

  6. Zitz, C 2024, Trans Youth and Cross-Sex Hormones. in AE Goldberg (ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of LGBTQ+ Studies. 2nd, revised edn, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071891414.n494

Paul Carruthers

  1. Masic, U., Butler, G., Carruthers, P., Carmichael, P. (2022) Trajectories of transgender adolescents referred for endocrine intervention in England. Archives of Disease in Childhood, dx. doi. org/ 10. 1136/archdischild- 2022- 324302.

  2. Butler, G., Adu-Gyamfi, K., Clarkson, K., El Khairi, R., Kleczewski, S., Roberts, A., Segal, T., Yogamanoharan, K., Alvi, S., Amin, N., Carruthers, P., Dover, S., Eastman, J., Mushtaq, T., Masic, U., Carmichael, P. (2022). Discharge outcome analysis of 1089 transgender young people referred to paediatric endocrine clinics in England 2008-2021. Archives of Disease in Childhood, dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324302.

Moja Kljakovic

  1. Kljakovic, M., Kelly, A. & Richardson, A. (2021). School refusal and isolation: The perspectives of five adolescent school refusers in London, UK. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26, 1089-1101.

  2. Spence, R., Kagan, L., Kljakovic, M. and Bifulco, A. 2021. Understanding trauma in children and young people in the school setting. Educational and Child Psychology, 38), 87-98.

  3. Kljakovic, M. & Kelly, A. (2019). Working with school refusing young people in Tower Hamlets, London. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 24, 921-933.

  4. Kljakovic, M. & Hunt, C. (2016). A meta-analysis of predictors of bullying and victimisation in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 49, 134–145.

  5. Kljakovic, M., Hunt, C. & Jose, P. E. (2015). Incidence of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in New Zealand. The New Zealand journal of Psychology, 44, 57-67.

  6. Jose, P. E., Kljakovic, M., Scheib, E. & Notter, O. (2012). The joint development of traditional bullying and victimization with cyber bullying and victimization in adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22, 301-309.

Fabiola Honorio Neto

  1. Honorio Neto, F. (2026). Autism, trauma, and the limits of verbal language: An adaptation of the technique of free association. Lacunae: International Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Volume(Issue 29), 169–189. (Winter 2025–Spring 2026). 

  2. Honorio Neto, F., Camargo, A. P,A, Polanczyk G, Adamis, D. McNicholas, F. (2021). A mixed methods study of clinician reported challenges in the assessment of ADHD and treatment decisions for children with ADHD in Brazil.https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104521994634

  3. Honorio Neto, F., Tatlow-Golden, M., Mulligan, A., Gavin, B., & McNicholas, F. (2017). Attitudes and reported practice of paediatricians and child psychiatrists regarding the assessment and treatment of ADHD in Ireland. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. http://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2017.29

Jos Twist

  1. Canvin, L., Twist, J., & Solomons, W. (2022): ”I don’t want to say the wrong thing”: mental health professionals’ narratives of feeling inadequately skilled when working with gender diverse adults, Psychology & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2022.2118070

  2. de Graaf, N., Huisman, B., Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Twist, J, Hage, K., Carmichael, P., Kreukels, B. P. Cp, & Steensma, T. (2021): Psychological Functioning in Non-binary Identifying Adolescents and Adults, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2021.1950087

  3. Canvin, L. Twist, J. & Solomons, W (2021) How do mental health professionals describe their experiences of providing care for gender diverse adults? A systematic literature review, Psychology & Sexuality, DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1916987

  4. Firkins, A, Twist, J, Solomons, W., Keville, S. (2019).  Cutting Ties With Pro-Ana: A Narrative Inquiry Concerning the Experiences of Pro-Ana Disengagement From Six Former Site Users. Qualitative Health Research, 1049732319830425.

  5. Twist, J. & de Graaf, N. M. (2019). Gender diversity and non-binary presentations in young people attending the United Kingdom’s National Gender Identity Development Service. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 

  6. Twist, J., Barker, M.J., Nel, P.W., & Horley, N. (2017). Transitioning together: a narrative analysis of the support accessed by partners of trans people. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 32, 227-243.

  7. Twist, J. Vincent. B, Barker, M.J. & Gupta, K. (Eds.) (2020) Non- Binary Lives. London: Jessica Kingly Publishers

  8. Barker, M.J., Vincent, B., Twist, J. (2018).  Non-binary identity In C. Burns (Ed.) Trans Britain: Our journey from the shadows (pp. 292-303). London: Unbound.

  9. Twist, J. (2018). Narratives of intimacy and sexuality in the partners of trans people Context, 155, 40-44.

  10. Twist, J. (2017). Pushing at the edges in uncertain places: Jos Twist in conversation with Bernadette Wren. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 8(1) 84-90.

  11. Twist, J.(2017). Transitioning together: Narratives of sexuality and intimacy by partners of trans people, Psychology of Sexualities Review, 8(2), 77-92.

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