5 minutes on... birth dates and mental health

Dr Praveetha Patalay walks us through research that shows how children's mental health can be affected by their date of birth. Praveetha Patalay is a Lecturer in Population Mental Health and Child Development at the University of Liverpool. She has numerous awards and distinctions for her research including recently being selected as a Top 30 under 30 in Science and Healthcare for Forbes Magazine. This is our first episode in a new and sporadic series of short episodes called "5 minutes on..." From time to time we will put these out between our regular in-depth episodes which come out every two weeks. Read more about Dr Patalay and her research https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/praveetha-patalay/