Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Research Seminar – 2024

Join us every second Wednesday, 12pm – 1pm.

We welcome researchers, clinicians and postgraduate students to discuss our research, share ideas, collaborate and learn from each other at our seminar series. These meetings are open to interested research colleagues and students at The University of Auckland and elsewhere.

For enquiries and Zoom details, contact coordinator Dr. Suzanne Stevens | Department of Psychological Medicine | s.stevens@auckland.ac.nz

2024 seminars:
13-Mar | Youth Group Wellbeing Project for Adolescents Impacted by March 15 Attacks; Protocal for a pilot RCT (Kat Donovan); Developing a multilingual measure for the assessment of language ability of linguistically diverse toddlers (LINGO study) (Nataliia Simonov)

Youth Group Wellbeing Project for Adolescents Impacted by March 15 Attacks; Protocal for a pilot RCT (Kat Donovan);

Developing a multilingual measure for the assessment of language ability of linguistically diverse toddlers (LINGO study) (Nataliia Simonov)

27-Mar | Early Child Behaviour and Maternal Stress in Childhood: The Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts on Psychological Outcomes (Morgan Lloyd)

Early Child Behaviour and Maternal Stress in Childhood: The Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts on Psychological Outcomes (Morgan Lloyd)

17-Apr | The Gauging Risk and Resilience in Teenagers (GRIT) Study: A snapshot of the lives of high risk young people living in Aotearoa (Samantha Lee)

The Gauging Risk and Resilience in Teenagers (GRIT) Study: A snapshot of the lives of high risk young people living in Aotearoa (Samantha Lee)

1-May | Developmental health difficulties in NZ preschool children: inequities in human capability formation

Developmental health difficulties in NZ preschool children: inequities in human capability formation

15-May | Genes, Brains and neurodiversity (Karen Waldie)

 Genes, Brains and neurodiversity (Karen Waldie)

5-June| "I don't have to be alone anymore": Analysis of a proactive online intervention and risk assessment practices on Instagram (Natalie Peart)

“I don’t have to be alone anymore”: Analysis of a proactive online intervention and risk assessment practices on Instagram (Natalie Peart)

19-Jun | Advice from Experts: Pilot study assessing acceptability and effectiveness of an admission support plan to improve the inpatient hospital experience for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (Emily Hamed)

Advice from Experts: Pilot study assessing acceptability and effectiveness of an admission support plan to improve the inpatient hospital experience for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (Emily Hamed)

17-Jul | Whānau Māori and Their Experiences of ADHD: Implications for Clinical Practice (Charlene Tipene)

Whānau Māori and Their Experiences of ADHD: Implications for Clinical Practice (Charlene Tipene)

7 Aug | LINGO Study: developing and testing a measure to assess the language ability of linguistically diverse toddlers (Nataliia Simonov)

LINGO Study: developing and testing a measure to assess the language ability of linguistically diverse toddlers (Nataliia Simonov)

21 Aug | Beyond the injury: Is there a mental health crisis in youth with acquired brain injury? (Rebecca Slykerman)

Beyond the injury: Is there a mental health crisis in youth with acquired brain injury? (Rebecca Slykerman)

11 Sep | Evidenced-based prevention of youth self-harm in Aotearoa New Zealand (Linda Bowden); Social media influencers and youth mental health (Emily Adeane)

Evidenced-based prevention of youth self-harm in Aotearoa New Zealand (Linda Bowden);

Social media influencers and youth mental health (Emily Adeane)

25-Sep | STUDENT PRESENTATIONS TBC
16-Oct | CAMHS care for youth involved with Oranga Tamariki (Jo Appleby)

CAMHS care for youth involved with Oranga Tamariki (Jo Appleby)

30-Oct | Digital tools, online and social media approaches for suicide prevention: building the evidence base for NZ (Sarah Hetrick)

Digital tools, online and social media approaches for suicide prevention: building the evidence base for NZ (Sarah Hetrick)

13-Nov | Initial evaluation of a digital toolkit to promote the mental wellbeing & resilience of LGBTQ+ adolescents in England (Mathijs Lucassen)

Initial evaluation of a digital toolkit to promote the mental wellbeing & resilience of LGBTQ+ adolescents in England (Mathijs Lucassen)