Summary
I completed a BSc (Hons) Psychology & Sociology degree at the University of Bath in 1993, & then spent a few years working at Rampton Hospital where I co-facilitated various intervention programmes including Sex Offender & Arson treatment programmes. I also completed my MSc in Legal & Forensic Psychology (University of Leicester) during this time.
A return to London in 1998 began in the Forensic Psychiatry Research Unit of Queen Mary & Westfield College conducting a long-term follow-up study of patients admitted to medium secure units in England. Then followed a period as Research Officer with the Young Abuser’s Project carrying out research on young people who commit sexually harmful behaviour.
As a Forensic Research Psychologist my main research interests were sexual aggression, psychopathy, and juvenile delinquency. A long-time member of NOTA (The National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers) I served as Chair of the Research Sub-Committee 2009-13.
I joined Imperial College in 2006, initially as a Researcher surveying Primary Mental Health Workers in CAMHS, & I'm currently the PA to the Head of the Division of Psychiatry and Admin secretary for a number of PIs in the Division. I try to keep my 'research' hand in where I can, the main focus currently is assisting publishing the results of a survey of school/college students on their experiences of cyberbullying.
Publications
Journals
Pascual-Sanchez A, Mateu A, Martinez-Herves M, et al., 2022, How are parenting practices associated with bullying in adolescents? A cross-sectional study, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol:27, ISSN:1475-357X, Pages:223-231
Pascual-Sanchez A, Hickey N, Mateu A, et al., 2021, Personality traits and self-esteem in traditional bullying and cyberbullying, Personality and Individual Differences, Vol:177, ISSN:0191-8869
Mateu A, Martinez-Herves M, Nicholls D, et al., 2020, Cyberbullying and post-traumatic stress symptoms in UK adolescents, Archives of Disease in Childhood, ISSN:0003-9888
Young S, Adamou M, Asherson P, et al., 2016, Recommendations for the transition of patients with ADHD from child to adult healthcare services: a consensus statement from the UK adult ADHD network, Bmc Psychiatry, Vol:16, ISSN:1471-244X
Young SJ, Gonzalez RA, Mutch L, et al., 2016, Diagnostic accuracy of a brief screening tool forAttention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in UK prison inmates, Psychological Medicine, Vol:46, ISSN:1469-8978, Pages:1449-1458