Wolfson Summer School on Youth MH Research
This summer school on youth mental health research is organized by Wolfson Center for Young People's Mental Health at Cardiff University. The three-day course takes place online, run by the expert interdisciplinary team based at this center. I was selected to attend the 4th annual online summer school on ‘Youth Mental Health Research’. This year this school was held on July 7-9, 2025 that covered topics relating to epidemiology, genetics, neuroscience and intervention development for mental health conditions in youth. Here is a brief outline of this summer school's 2025 edition. Day 1 - July 7th 2025: After welcome and introduction, Professor Stephan Collishaw ( co-director for the Wolfson Centre ) spoke on " Secular trends in young people's mental health". Next, Professor Frances Rice (Professor of Developmental Psychopathology ) gave a talk on " Prevention of depression". After lunch, we had a talk on "Challenges for youth mental health and the cu...