Speaker
Catriona Mellor
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Catriona has temporarily stepped back from her clinical practice as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to dedicate more time to investigating how nature and climate are linked to child and adolescent mental health. In 2021 she was involved in a major publication in the journal Lancet Planetary Health about climate anxiety in a sample of 10,000 young people globally, she is involved in the design and evaluation of nature-based health interventions in the NHS, and in the delivery of Nature Connectedness training to mental health staff. In anticipation of predicted legal changes she is training in psychedelic-assisted therapy (adult) and exploring how nature-based models support this work.