Venue: Ian Potter Auditorium, Ground Floor, Melbourne Brain Centre, Kenneth Myer Building
Presenters: Associate Professor James Scott
Bullying: A modifiable risk factor for mental illness
Bullying during adolescence is a significant risk factor for both contemporaneous and future mental illness. In any school term, approximately one in ten Australian Adolescents are involved in bullying as perpetrators, victims or both. Bullying can be considered in terms of verbal (name calling and teasing), relational (spreading rumors and exclusion), physical and cyber bullying and these often co occur. The proximal and long term adverse impact on the mental health of individuals is significant matching other forms of interpersonal trauma such as maltreatment in childhood and domestic violence. The role of medical professionals in screening for and addressing bullying in the health care setting will be discussed.
Associate Professor James Scott holds a conjoint position with the University of Queensland School of Medicine and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Early Psychosis Service. James has worked extensively in child and youth mental health services, is an elected member of the RANZCP Youth Special Interest Group and expert advisor to the Global Burden of Disease Collaboration for childhood mental disorders.
Whilst maintaining his clinical work, he has also established a broad programme of research in child and youth mental health for which he has been awarded an NHMRC Practitioner Research Fellowship. He has co-authored over 100 peer reviewed publications, many in leading international journals and is an investigator and collaborator in local as well as global research projects.
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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/6393-beattie-smith-lecture-2016
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