Professor Andrea Danese, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, talks to freelance journalist Jo Carlowe about trauma.


Andrea discusses the impact trauma has on the child, the Topic Guide on the subject he wrote with Dr Patrick Smith for ACAMH, and findings from the recent paper in The Lancet 'The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales' Lewis, S J et al.


Andrea Danese is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. He is also Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the National and Specialist CAMHS Clinic for Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression at the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.Arnon is one of the speakers at the upcoming Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture and National Conference.