Inaugural lectures: Professors Chris Dickens and Tamsin Ford, "Mental Health from Cradle to Grave"

Tamsin Ford, Professor, of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Seen and not heard”.
Professor Tamsin Ford’s academic work focuses on the effectiveness of interventions and the efficiency of services in relation to the mental health of children and young people, with a particular focus on the interface between mental health and education. She is an honorary consultant at Devon Partnership Trust.

Chris Dickens, Professor of Psychological Medicine: “From heartache to heartbreak. What links coronary disease and depression”.
Chris Dickens is Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Exeter Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry in Devon Partnership Trust. Chris is head of the Mental Health Research Group. He has conducted extensive research into the causes, effects and treatments for depression in people with coronary heart disease and other long term conditions.

RSVP to: wendy.cowell@exeter.ac.uk. A drinks reception will be held after the lecture.