040 - Childhood maltreatment is a public health emergency | Dr Lucy Grummitt

Welcome to Episode 40. We are fortunate to have the very impressive Dr Lucy Grummit from the University of Sydney. We recorded this on just one of those days, nothing was going right, but fortunately Lucy carried us through with grace.  Lucy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use. Her research focuses on the prevention of mental health and substance use problems among adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on populations that suffer disproportionate rates of mental illness, such as those exposed to childhood adversity and trauma. As it turns out, we walk through two of Lucy’s papers… It was supposed to be one but turns out I got some of her work mixed up, but all’s well that ends well because the two papers told a very compelling story about the public health emergency that is childhood maltreatment. For mental health  issues, but for basically everything else.  So a huge thank you to Lucy, who was basically the host of this episode - check out researchinghappy.com and sign up for free to hear about upcoming episodes and submit your questions to future guests.  Links to Lucy's work: Burden of Mental Disorders and Suicide Attributable to Childhood Maltreatment Association of Childhood Adversity With Morbidity and Mortality in US Adults: A Systematic Review