Vicky completed her PhD at Cardiff University and works as a postdoctoral research associate at the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health, based at Cardiff University. Vicky’s PhD work focussed on investigating the link between ADHD and depression, and her work now centres on prevention of depression in young people. Vicky is a senior researcher on the Skills for Adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL) study, working as part of a team running a clinical trial of a group wellbeing program aimed at preventing depression in young people who have a parent with a history of depression.
Dr. Vicky Powell
Vicky completed her PhD at Cardiff University and works as a postdoctoral research associate at the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health, based at Cardiff University. Vicky’s PhD work focussed on investigating the link between ADHD and depression, and her work now centres on prevention of depression in young people. Vicky is a senior researcher on the Skills for Adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL) study, working as part of a team running a clinical trial of a group wellbeing program aimed at preventing depression in young people who have a parent with a history of depression.
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The SWELL clinical trial: Preventing depression in young people who have a parent with a history of depression
The Skills for Adolescent WELLbeing (SWELL) study team are currently recruiting parents with a history of depression and a child aged 13-17 to take part in an exciting new study testing whether a group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program that teaches skills for wellbeing can prevent depression or reduce depression symptoms in young people.
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