George Patton
Professor
child & adolescent psychiatry
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor George Patton is a medically qualified epidemiologist with a clinical background in child & adolescent psychiatry. He is a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Principal Research Fellow. His research is based at the Centre for Adolescent Health and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. He has been extensively involved in both child and adolescent mental health research and global adolescent health work. He has been a consultant around research to WHO, UN Population Division, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank. He has previously coordinated two special series on adolescent health for the Lancet and is currently Chair of a 'Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Well-being'. The Commission brings together some of the world's leading universities including the University of Melbourne, Columbia University, University College London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University Washington.
Research Interest
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Publications
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Moran P, Coffey C, Romaniuk H, Olsson C, Borschmann R, Carlin JB, Patton GC. The natural history of self-harm from adolescence to young adulthood: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet. 2012 Jan 27;379(9812):236-43.
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Patton GC, Tollit MM, Romaniuk H, Spence SH, Sheffield J, Sawyer MG. A prospective study of the effects of optimism on adolescent health risks. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan 4:peds-2010.
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Patton GC. Global patterns of mortality in young people.
