About this Event
The public understanding of neurodiversity has markedly improved over recent years, with an increasing number of positive stories and role models appearing in the mainstream media.
Nevertheless, there is currently an autism mental health crisis, characterised by the following paradox: autistic people have a high probability of developing a mental health problem, but a low probability of receiving effective help.
Limitations to autistic mental health care include: (1) a lack of resources, meaning that requisite services lack capacity or simply do not exist; (2) barriers to accessing relevant services, due to them not adapting to accommodate autistic patients; (3) the lack of a relevant evidence base to guide prevention and treatment.
In this cross-disciplinary Mental Health Question Time event, we will bring together an expert panel of people with lived experience, clinicians, practitioners, researchers and policymakers, to set forward a vision for mental health care for autistic people.
We will also present the latest findings of the NIHR Mental Health Policy Research Unit research in this area: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/autism-and-mental-health-care
- Chair: Prof William Mandy Professor of Neurodevelopmental Conditions, University College London
- Dr James Cusack, Chief Exec, Autistica
- Prof Emily Simonoff, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London
- Eloise Stark, Postdoctoral Research, University of Oxford
- Amanda Timmerman, MPhil/PhD student, University College London
- Tamara Pemovska, Research Fellow, University College London
- TBC
Mental Health Question Time is a partnership between the UCL Division of Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry and The Mental Elf, who work together to organise a series of free to attend public discussions that take place in London and online. Mental Health Question Time is supported by the UCL Grand Challenge.
Our aim is to bring together patients, service users, carers, health and social care professionals, researchers, policy makers, commissioners, politicians, journalists, and others, to talk about important mental health topics. Previous events have covered subjects as diverse as dementia, eating disorders, women’s mental health, youth mental health, loneliness, racism, arts and culture, student mental health, and complex emotional needs.
We hope that these public discussions are accessible to everyone who wants to join in, whether that’s in person or by watching the live stream on YouTube and joining the social media conversation #MHQT.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Roberts Building, Roberts Building, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
