Dr Helen Bould

Research 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 ...

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Recent publications

• Bould, H, Mars, B, Moran, P, Biddle, LA & Gunnell, D, 2019, ‘Rising suicide rates among adolescents in England and Wales’. Lancet, vol 394., pp. 116-117
• 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.

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