Speaker
Dr. Matthew Hodes
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and also works as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the NHS with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Biography
Dr. Matthew Hodes is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and also works as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the NHS with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Matthew carries out research into the mental health of young people in two main areas. Firstly, he investigates sociocultural influences on child and adolescent mental health. He has studied risk and protective factors for psychopathology, and service use. A major focus has been the mental health of young refugees and asylum seekers. Secondly, he investigates the interface between physical and mental health. Recent studies address maternal and child anxiety associated with childhood food allergy. Another area of interest is evidence based practice, and he has been active in synthesising and disseminating research findings, especially in the field of child and adolescent depression.