Call for papers - Child and adolescent psychiatry

Laura Hull, PhD, University of Bristol, UK

Dr Hull is a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on the mental health of neurodivergent people, with a particular interest in the role of masking/camouflaging. She has written dozens of papers, several chapters, and one book on the phenomenon of masking, and her current research explores how to best support the mental health of neurodivergent young people who mask.

Karin Prillinger, MSc, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Dr Prillinger is a Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of innovative treatment approaches, including neurophysiologically informed interventions and home-based care. She has a particular research interest in the impact of traumatic experiences and in elucidating the mechanisms underlying social cognitive impairments in children and adolescents.

Liana Romaniuk, MRCPsych​​​​​​​, PhD, University of Glasgow, UK

Dr Romaniuk is a consultant and clinical senior research fellow in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her research focuses on applying computational methods to neuroimaging datasets for the purposes of developing a more mechanistic understanding of mental illness, particularly during the prodromal phase. She is particularly interested in understanding how flexible thinking and personal autonomy can be maintained and bolstered despite illness. Her research aims to better guide the development of new treatments and aid young people in making individual choices during their recoveries.

Susanne Schweizer, MSc​​​​​​​, PhD, University of New South Wales - Sydney, Australia

Dr Schweizer is a Scientia Associate Professor, ARC DECRA Fellow and the Director of Research at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Psychology, where she leads the Developmental Affective Science Lab. Her research explores why people are more vulnerable to the onset of mental health problems during certain periods in the lifespan, in particular adolescence and the perinatal period. Her work translates insights from her lab’s research in basic cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology to design novel treatments for depression and anxiety. Before joining UNSW, she held fellowships at the University of Cambridge and University College London and earned her PhD from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge.

Jordan Sibeoni, MD, PhD, Paris Cité University​​​​​​​, France

Dr Sibeoni, MD, PhD, is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Paris Cité University and Head of KAIROS, a youth mental health and early intervention department at Argenteuil Hospital in France. He is also a researcher within the ECSTRRA team at the Saint-Louis Research Institute (Inserm UMR 1342), where he co-leads a national working group on qualitative methods in health research. A recognized expert in qualitative medical research, he developed and promotes the IPSE Method (Inductive Process to analyze the Structure of lived Experience), now used internationally in clinical research. His clinical and research interests focus on lived experience in adolescent psychiatry, therapeutic alliance, early intervention in psychosis, and mental health care for vulnerable populations including migrants and trauma survivors. He is the principal investigator of the national REVEAL study on child sexual abuse and mental health care and leads or contributes to multiple innovative and interdisciplinary research projects across Europe.