Dr Helen Bould

Summary

I am a Clinical Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Much of my research to date has used epidemiology and experimental psychology/cognitive neuroscience to develop a better understanding of the aetiology of eating disorders, with the aim of enabling the development of better prevention and treatment interventions in this field. My PhD used cognitive neuroscience techniques to investigate how women perceive their own and others bodies, and whether it is possible to shlft their perception of body size. I have also used large data sets to study the aetiology of eating disorders, including demostrating for the first time the relationship between eating disorders and schools. 

I am interested in researching child and adolescent mental health more broadly, and I have recently been awarded a grant to begin work on understanding the relationship between, and common causal pathways to, eating disorders and self harm in young people. 

As a Clinical Lecturer, I spend half my week in the University of Bristol, and half my week working with children, young people and their families and carers in clinic in 2gether NHS Foundation Trust. 

Memberships

Organisations

Bristol Medical School (PHS)

Other sites

• Social-community-medicine

Year 3 Units

• Psychiatry & Ethics

Recent publications

• Bould, H, Moran, P, Mars, B, Biddle, LA & Gunnell, D, 2019, ‘Rising rates of suicide among adolescents’. Lancet.
• Bould, H, De Stavola, B, Lewis, G & Micali, N, 2018, ‘Do disordered eating behaviours in girls vary by school characteristics? A UK cohort study’. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Bould, H, Carnegie, R, Allward, H, Bacon, E, Lambe, E, Sapseid, M, Katherine, B, Lewis, G, Skinner, A, Broome, M, Park, R, Catherine, H, Penton-Voak, I & Munafo, MR, 2018, ‘Effects of exposure to bodies of different sizes on perception of and satisfaction with own body size: Two randomized studies’. Royal Society Open Science, vol 5.
• Bould, H, Newbegin, C, Stewart, A, Stein, A & Fazel, M, 2017, ‘Eating disorders in children and young people’. BMJ (Clinical Research ed.).
• Bould, H, Newbegin, C, Stewart, A, Fazel, M & Stein, A, 2017, ‘Assessment of child or young person with a possible eating disorder’. BMJ (Clinical Research ed.).
• Bould, H, De Stavola, B, Magnusson, C, Micali, N, Dal, H, Evans, J, Dalman, C & Lewis, G, 2016, ‘The influence of school on whether girls develop eating disorders’. International Journal of Epidemiology.
• Bould, H, DeStavola, B, Magnusson, C, Micali, N, Dal, H, Evans, J, Dalman, C & Lewis, G, 2015, ‘The influence of school in the development of eating disorders: a record-linkage study’. Lancet, vol 385 Suppl 1., pp. S24
• Davies, SJC, Pearson, RM, Stapinski, L, Bould, H, Christmas, DM, Button, KS, Skapinakis, P, Lewis, G & Evans, J, 2015, ‘Symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder but not panic disorder at age 15 years increase the risk of depression at 18 years in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort study’. Psychological Medicine., pp. 1-13
• Bould, H, Sovio, U, Koupil, I, Dalman, C, Micali, N, Lewis, G & Magnusson, C, 2015, ‘Do eating disorders in parents predict eating disorders in children? Evidence from a Swedish cohort’. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.
• Bould, H, Koupil, I, Dalman, C, Destavola, B, Lewis, G & Magnusson, C, 2015, ‘Parental mental illness and eating disorders in offspring’. International Journal of Eating Disorders.

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