About this episode

Professor Essi Viding discusses the origins of mental health problems and the impact of social media on adolescents.

Professor Essi Viding is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and the Pro-Vice Provost for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge at UCL. Essi is psychologist who works to understand the origins of behaviour and mental health disorders. In this episode Essi describes the developmental origins of mental health problems, the recent rise in mental health problems in adolescents and the role of social media, and the importance of supporting women to pursue careers in science.

People in this episode

Host: Delan Devakumar

Guest: Essi Viding

Topics covered

• developmental psychopathology
• mental health
• adolescents
• social media
• women in science

Keywords

• mental health
• developmental origins
• psychopathology
• social media
• women in science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCL

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