LEGO therapies study launches new child mental health centre
Posted on 30 January 2017
Mental health problems related to childhood phobias, socialisation issues connected to autism and detecting autism in deaf children, will be the first research areas of the Centre, which was launched in partnership with Leeds and York Partnership Foundation NHS Trust.
Professor Barry Wright, from the Department of Health Sciences and Director of the new Centre, said: “Traditionally children and adolescent mental health research is based around interventions that have been used in adult populations, but we aim to move away from this model with the launch of the new Centre.
“We have strong involvement from young people in designing and running our research, and children and families are right at the centre of our thinking as we plan further research.”
The new Centre will aim to determine whether the behavioural characteristics of autism are manifested in the same way in both deaf and hearing children, with a view to adapting current screening and assessment methods to suit deaf children.