Ms Fiona Turner
- Lecturer (Mental Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01412018795
email:
Fiona.Turner@glasgow.ac.uk
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Academic CAMHS), House 1 (GPPC), Horselethill Road, Glasgow, G12 9LX
Biography
Post-doctoral Researcher and Health Psychologist in academic CAMHS.
Research interests
Child mental health after early life maltreatment, foster care, neurodiversity and neurodevelopmental conditions in childhood
Publications
2025
Pownall, J. et al. (2025) Infant Parent Support (IPS): a multidisciplinary intervention to improve the mental health of children with a social worker - a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), 78. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01616-6) (PMID:40474316)
Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (Early Online Publication)
Kirby, N. et al. (2025) Interventions for pre‐school children in foster care: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child‐related outcomes. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e12273. (doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12273) (PMID:40059998) (PMCID:PMC11889642)
Russell, Lynda, Turner, Fiona, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2025)
“Everything is fear based”: mothers with experience of addiction, child removal and support services.
Children and Youth Services Review, 170,
108161.
(doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108161)
2024
Blair, Monica, Tweedlie, Leigh, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Cronin, Irene and Turner, Fiona
(2024)
Online therapy with families ‐ what can families tell us about how to do this well? A qualitative study assessing families’ experience of remote Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy compared to face-to-face therapy.
PLoS ONE, 19(4),
e0301640.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301640)
(PMID:38626223)
(PMCID:PMC11020366)
2023
Crawford, Karen, Russell, Lynda, Graham, Sharon and Turner, Fiona (2023) Helping themselves and helping others: how the passage of time influences why mothers with addictions take part in research. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1204882. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1204882) (PMID:37860169) (PMCID:PMC10582753)
Russell, Lynda, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X, Turner, Fiona and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
Where are the children?: Addiction workers’ knowledge of clients’ offspring and related risks.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment,
(doi: 10.1007/s42448-023-00158-9)
(Early Online Publication)
Davidson, Claire, Turner, Fiona, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Campbell, Sharon L., Boyd, Sheila and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
Using the live assessment to discriminate between autism spectrum disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder.
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 134,
104415.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104415)
(PMID:36634523)
Turner, Fiona, Kainth, Gary, MacDonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, O'Connor, Rory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Crawford, Karen and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
“I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 135,
105983.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)
2022
Russell, Lynda, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X, Turner, Fiona and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
Gender, addiction, and removal of children into care.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13,
887660.
(doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.887660)
(PMID:35722570)
(PMCID:PMC9201045)
Turner, Fiona, Venturini, Enrico, Kainth, Gary, Crawford, Karen, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Balestrieri, Matteo, Macdonald, Sara
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children's symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 127,
105585.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105585)
(PMID:35279447)
Kainth, Gary, Turner, Fiona, Crawford, Karen, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Dundas, Ruth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial.
Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1),
pp. 56-72.
(doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)
2018
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Welch, Vicki, Bryce, Graham, Forde, Matt, Cotmore, Richard, Wilson, Phil, Fitzpatrick, Bridie, Watson, Nicholas and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2018)
Partnership approaches to the evaluation of complex policy initiatives: Qualitative research as key to building effective relationships.
International Journal of Social Welfare, 27(4),
pp. 381-387.
(doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12326)
2017
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Kainth, Gary, Young-Southward, Genevieve, Cotmore, Richard, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, McMahon, Lynn and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2017)
Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 72,
pp. 184-195.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)
2014
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Boyer, Nicole R.S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X, Boyd, Kathleen A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2014)
The feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
BMC Psychiatry, 14,
347.
(doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0347-z)
(PMID:25551365)
(PMCID:PMC4302079)
Boyer, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X, Boyd, Kathleen A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113, Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Watson, Nicholas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2014)
Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom.
BMC Psychiatry, 14,
346.
(doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0346-0)
(PMID:25492801)
(PMCID:PMC4299309)
2013
Boreham, N., Coull, A.F., Murray, I.D., Turner-Halliday, F. and Watterson, A. (2013) Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: an evaluation. Nurse Education Today, 33(4), pp. 321-326. (doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.018)
Pritchett, R. et al. (2013) A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol. Scientific World Journal, 2013(838042), (doi: 10.1155/2013/838042)
2012
O'Donnell, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779, Mackenzie, M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Reid, M., Turner, F., Wang, Y-Y., Clarke, J., Sridharan, S. and Platt, S.
(2012)
Delivering a national programme of anticipatory care in primary care: a qualitative study.
British Journal of General Practice, 62(597),
(doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X636137)
2011
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Turner, F., Platt, S., Reid, M., Wang, Y., Clark, J., Sridharan, S. and O'Donnell, C.A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779
(2011)
What is the 'problem' that outreach work seeks to address and how might it be tackled? Seeking theory in a primary health prevention programme.
BMC Health Services Research, 11(Dec),
p. 350.
(doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-350)
2009
Wallace, L. and Turner, F. (2009) A systematic review of psychometric evaluation of motivational interviewing integrity measures. Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 8(1-2), pp. 84-123. (doi: 10.1080/15332700903396655)
2008
O'Carroll, R.E., Turner, F., Flatley, K., McGregor, L.M. and Hayes, P.C. (2008) Functional outcome following liver transplantation - A pilot study. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 13(2), pp. 239-248.
Articles
Pownall, J. et al. (2025) Infant Parent Support (IPS): a multidisciplinary intervention to improve the mental health of children with a social worker - a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), 78. (doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01616-6) (PMID:40474316)
Crawford, K. et al. (2025) Infant mental health services for birth and foster families of maltreated pre-school children in foster care (BeST?): a cluster-randomized phase 3 clinical effectiveness trial. Nature Medicine, (doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03534-9) (Early Online Publication)
Kirby, N. et al. (2025) Interventions for pre‐school children in foster care: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child‐related outcomes. JCPP Advances, 5(1), e12273. (doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12273) (PMID:40059998) (PMCID:PMC11889642)
Russell, Lynda, Turner, Fiona, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2025)
“Everything is fear based”: mothers with experience of addiction, child removal and support services.
Children and Youth Services Review, 170,
108161.
(doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108161)
Blair, Monica, Tweedlie, Leigh, Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945, Cronin, Irene and Turner, Fiona
(2024)
Online therapy with families ‐ what can families tell us about how to do this well? A qualitative study assessing families’ experience of remote Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy compared to face-to-face therapy.
PLoS ONE, 19(4),
e0301640.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301640)
(PMID:38626223)
(PMCID:PMC11020366)
Crawford, Karen, Russell, Lynda, Graham, Sharon and Turner, Fiona (2023) Helping themselves and helping others: how the passage of time influences why mothers with addictions take part in research. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1204882. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1204882) (PMID:37860169) (PMCID:PMC10582753)
Russell, Lynda, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X, Turner, Fiona and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
Where are the children?: Addiction workers’ knowledge of clients’ offspring and related risks.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment,
(doi: 10.1007/s42448-023-00158-9)
(Early Online Publication)
Davidson, Claire, Turner, Fiona, Gillberg, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1934, Campbell, Sharon L., Boyd, Sheila and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
Using the live assessment to discriminate between autism spectrum disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder.
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 134,
104415.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104415)
(PMID:36634523)
Turner, Fiona, Kainth, Gary, MacDonald, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943, O'Connor, Rory
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Crawford, Karen and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2023)
“I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” a qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 135,
105983.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105983)
Russell, Lynda, Gajwani, Ruchika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-320X, Turner, Fiona and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
Gender, addiction, and removal of children into care.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13,
887660.
(doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.887660)
(PMID:35722570)
(PMCID:PMC9201045)
Turner, Fiona, Venturini, Enrico, Kainth, Gary, Crawford, Karen, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3650-4994, Balestrieri, Matteo, Macdonald, Sara
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5380-6943 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children's symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 127,
105585.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105585)
(PMID:35279447)
Kainth, Gary, Turner, Fiona, Crawford, Karen, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Dundas, Ruth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-4286 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2022)
Process evaluation protocol for the (BeST?) Services trial.
Developmental Child Welfare, 4(1),
pp. 56-72.
(doi: 10.1177/25161032211070861)
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Welch, Vicki, Bryce, Graham, Forde, Matt, Cotmore, Richard, Wilson, Phil, Fitzpatrick, Bridie, Watson, Nicholas and Minnis, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2018)
Partnership approaches to the evaluation of complex policy initiatives: Qualitative research as key to building effective relationships.
International Journal of Social Welfare, 27(4),
pp. 381-387.
(doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12326)
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Kainth, Gary, Young-Southward, Genevieve, Cotmore, Richard, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, McMahon, Lynn and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2017)
Clout or doubt? Perspectives on an infant mental health service for young children placed in foster care due to abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 72,
pp. 184-195.
(doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.012)
Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Watson, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X, Boyer, Nicole R.S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X, Boyd, Kathleen A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113 and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2014)
The feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
BMC Psychiatry, 14,
347.
(doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0347-z)
(PMID:25551365)
(PMCID:PMC4302079)
Boyer, Nicole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-917X, Boyd, Kathleen A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9764-0113, Turner-Halliday, Fiona, Watson, Nicholas
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-427X and Minnis, Helen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-8945
(2014)
Examining the feasibility of an economic analysis of dyadic developmental psychotherapy for children with maltreatment associated psychiatric problems in the United Kingdom.
BMC Psychiatry, 14,
346.
(doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0346-0)
(PMID:25492801)
(PMCID:PMC4299309)
Boreham, N., Coull, A.F., Murray, I.D., Turner-Halliday, F. and Watterson, A. (2013) Education programmes preparing independent prescribers in Scotland: an evaluation. Nurse Education Today, 33(4), pp. 321-326. (doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.018)
Pritchett, R. et al. (2013) A feasibility randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans intervention of infant mental health: a study protocol. Scientific World Journal, 2013(838042), (doi: 10.1155/2013/838042)
O'Donnell, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779, Mackenzie, M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Reid, M., Turner, F., Wang, Y-Y., Clarke, J., Sridharan, S. and Platt, S.
(2012)
Delivering a national programme of anticipatory care in primary care: a qualitative study.
British Journal of General Practice, 62(597),
(doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X636137)
Mackenzie, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-322X, Turner, F., Platt, S., Reid, M., Wang, Y., Clark, J., Sridharan, S. and O'Donnell, C.A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-3779
(2011)
What is the 'problem' that outreach work seeks to address and how might it be tackled? Seeking theory in a primary health prevention programme.
BMC Health Services Research, 11(Dec),
p. 350.
(doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-350)
Wallace, L. and Turner, F. (2009) A systematic review of psychometric evaluation of motivational interviewing integrity measures. Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 8(1-2), pp. 84-123. (doi: 10.1080/15332700903396655)
O'Carroll, R.E., Turner, F., Flatley, K., McGregor, L.M. and Hayes, P.C. (2008) Functional outcome following liver transplantation - A pilot study. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 13(2), pp. 239-248.
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- What works for Children's Social Care
What Works for Children's Social Care
2022 - 2023
- Brief intensive assessment and relational formulation: feasibility RCT for early borderline personality disorder with young people in the general population
MQ: Transforming Mental Health
2021 - 2024
- A phase II RCT to measure the cost and consequences of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy compared with 'usual treatment' for children referred with maltreatment-associated psychiatric problems
National Institute for Health Research
2020 - 2024
- Partnership Endowment Funds - UK mapping and modelling for a definitive randomised controlled trial of the New Orleans Intervention for Infant Mental Health.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Funds
2013 - 2015