Findings on the prevalence of child maltreatment and associated mental disorders and health risk behaviours
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study is the first national survey to measure the prevalence of all five forms of child maltreatment and associated health and psychosocial problems.
Dr. James Scott, chief investigator on the Study, will outline the methods for measuring child maltreatment, and will discuss the Australian prevalence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence and neglect, along with the changing prevalence trends over time.
Dr. Scott will report the associations between different forms of child maltreatment and common mental disorders and provide recommendations for public health interventions.
Dr. James Scott
Dr. James Scott is the Conjoint Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry at The University of Queensland and Children’s Health Queensland. He is a clinician researcher who has provided mental health care in the services he has established whilst continuing to engage in impactful research.
Dr. Scott’s research program incorporates findings from epidemiology to inform mental illness prevention and public health responses to mental illness in children and youth. He is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, the first study to measure the prevalence and associated health harms of all five forms of child maltreatment in an Australian representative sample.
He has authored in excess of 300 papers, is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2022 and 2023) and in 2018 received the RANZCP Senior Research Award, conferred on the “Fellow who has made the most significant contribution to psychiatric research in Australia and New Zealand over the preceding five years.”
Program
Presentation:
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Question and answer period:
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Moderator: Dr. Mark Ferro
Reception (for those attending in person):
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
This lecture is supported by the Lyle S. Hallman Professorial Endowment.