Valsamma Eapen

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Valsamma Eapen

MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP, Professor and Chair, Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health/Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, NSW; Head, Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry (AUCS) and Clinical Academic, South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD), Sydney, NSW; Stream Director, Early Life Determinants of Health (ELDoH), Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) and Director, BestSTART South West Child Health Academic Unit, Ingham Institute, Sydney, NSW; Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in supporting child and family health for priority populations (STAR-CRE), Sydney, NSW; Chair, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP), Melbourne, Vic

Heat and mental health

The article discusses the problem that extreme heat poses for mental health and to provide examples of how these problems can be anticipated and mitigated.

Nurturing tomorrow: Mental health effect on children and youth due to climate change

This paper describes the challenges faced by children and young people in the face of the unprecedented impact of climate‑related events or anxiety about planetary health.

Consumer and health professional perceptions of Watch Me Grow – Electronic (WMG-E) platform for developmental surveillance in early childhood: A qualitative study

Participants indicated that WMG-E could empower clinicians and parents by enhancing health literacy about child developmental issues, but that it could also be disempowering if not used carefully.

Tourette syndrome in children

Once considered rare, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is now understood to be relatively common, occurring in approximately 1% of school-aged children.