
Arjoon Arunasalam
Project Coordinator
Biography
Arjoon is a Project Coordinator for the Maudsley Education Consultation Service (MECS) team. He coordinates the groups' activities and co-develops surveys with teachers and senior school leads. He also supports the King's-Maudsley Partnership (KMP) in establishing a research network connecting schools, academics, and clinicians to address mental health in students.
He has a background in Psychology (BSc; Queen's University Belfast) and completed an MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry when he joined King's College London in 2023.
Research Interests
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Student wellbeing
- Neuropsychiatry
Expertise and Public Engagement
Arjoon enjoys co-producing initiatives with clinical and non-clinical populations. He has experience in engaging students and parents in a school setting to promote the completion of mental health and wellbeing surveys.
Key Publications
Ruggeri, K., Panin, A., Vdovic, M. et al. The globalizability of temporal discounting. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1386–1397 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w
Bailey A, Arunasalam A and Gibbons C . Coping Post Covid - Analysing the Influence, Across Cultures, of Personality, Control, Support and 002 Beliefs on Mental Health. Psychol Behav Sci Int J. 2023; 20(4): 556044. DOI: 10.19080/PBSIJ.2023.20.556044.
Research

King's Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People
Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People is set to be the world-leading centre for child and adolescent mental health.
Research

King's Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People
Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People is set to be the world-leading centre for child and adolescent mental health.