New webinar: Autism and mental health

Published on January 30, 2025

 

The subject of this webinar is the mental health of autistic adults.  Autistic people have higher rates of mental health problems that the general population.    We will look at why this might be, and explore the links between autism and some specific psychiatric conditions: ADHD, OCD, eating disorders and borderline personality disorder.  We will finish with some thoughts on how to improve mental health treatment for autistic people, and tips for maintaining your own good mental health.

Speaker Bio:

Dr Conor Davidson is a consultant psychiatrist in general adult psychiatry, and clinical lead of the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service.  He was appointed Autism Champion for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in May 2021.  The focus of this work is on improving autism awareness and autism training for psychiatrists.  He chairs the College cross-faculty autism group and sits on the NHS England national autism strategy steering group.

Conor has published a number of journal articles, blogs and book chapters with a particular focus on autism and mental health.   Unfortunately for him, Conor is a lifelong Leeds United supporter.

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