Ayana Cant

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I am a research assistant currently working at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health at UCL. I have a background in psychology with a particular interest in child and adolescent mental health. My current research investigates the educational outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD using population-level data. I have clinical experience as a healthcare worker in inpatient mental health care settings and am passionate about mental health research and clinical care!

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Social determinants increase depression risk: key findings from umbrella review

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Ayana Cant summarises the findings from a recent umbrella review on the social determinants of mental health in major depressive disorder, which suggests that early life adversities, intimate partner violence, and food insecurity were the biggest risk factors for depression.

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