Lucy is a PhD researcher at university of Bristol, exploring mental health across the life course using birth cohort data from the Philippines. She has an MSc in Public Health and Health Services Research and has an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences. Lucy's interests include inequalities in mental health (individual, regional, national, global) and suicide.
Lucy Barrass summarises a systematic review published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry that explores the international prevalence of suicidal ideation and behaviour among young people across global regions.
Lucy Barrass reviews a study on the prevalence of common mental disorders and treatment receipt for people from ethnic minority backgrounds in England.
In her debut blog, Lucy Barrass examines a systematic review which finds high variation in risk and rate of suicide in indigenous and ethnic minority populations.
