Child and Youth Mental Health Research Group

Led by the child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor James Scott, the Child and Youth Mental Health Research Group aims to improve outcomes for families with children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. The group hopes to achieve this by investigating risk and protective factors for the development and persistence of childhood and adolescent mental health symptoms, and through the development and evaluation of new treatment and prevention programs.

Group leader

  • Professor James Scott

    Honorary Professor & Conjoint Professor in Child and Youth Psychiatry
    Child Health Research Centre
    Affiliate of Parenting and Family Support Centre
    Parenting and Family Support Centre

Senior researchers

Research assistants and PhD students

  • Ms Isabella Andersen

    Academic Research Unit, Child and Youth Mental Health Service
    Research Clinician
    Child Health Research Centre
  • Ms Akina Kato

    Research Assistant
    Academic Research Unit, Child and Youth Mental Health Service
  • Susan Kinsella

    PhD student
    Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
  • Sally O’Scanaill

    Research Assistant
    Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Academic Research Unit
  • Ayu Paramecwari

    PhD student
    Child Health Research Centre