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Mark Kennedy

Dr Mark Kennedy

Lecturer in Mental Health Education

Research interests

  • Child & Family
  • Mental Health
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychology

Contact details

Biography

Dr Mark Kennedy is currently a Senior Teaching Fellow and a researcher on the English and Romanian Adoptees (ERA) study at King's College, London.

His postdoctoral work has focused on the developmental outcomes of extreme early adversity, including ADHD/neurodevelopmental disorders, attachment and mental health.

Alongside this, he has specialised in mixed methods approaches to research methodology. Previously, his doctoral research aimed to look at various aspects of attachment theory and its application, including; issues of measuring attachment, attachment theory and the non-nuclear family, the application of attachment theory to fathers and single parents.

Before joining KCL, Mark taught qualitative research methods at postgraduate level at the University of Southampton and has taught on various modules at undergraduate level.

Research interests

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Early Adversity
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Mental Health
  • Attachment
  • Mindfulness
  • Technology Enhanced Learning
  • Mixed methods research

Teaching

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Child Development
  • Psychology and Neuroscience of Affective Disorders
  • Psychological Foundations of Mental Health
  • Mindfulness; Neuroscience and Application
  • Lead educator on the Understanding ADHD MOOC

    Research

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    Experimental Psychopathology and Neuro-Development Group

    ExPAND focuses on understanding neuro-developmental disorders and mental health conditions across the lifespan.

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    The English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) Project

    A longitudinal, multi-method investigation of the development of children adopted into the UK from Romania in the early 1990s.

    Project status: Completed

    News

    IoPPN researchers celebrate wins at the ACAMH Awards 2023

    The ACAMH Awards recognise work of exceptional quality in the discipline of child and adolescent mental health.

    Award

      Research

      iStock-1014950206-Hands-support-brain-sun-background
      Experimental Psychopathology and Neuro-Development Group

      ExPAND focuses on understanding neuro-developmental disorders and mental health conditions across the lifespan.

      the-english-and-romanian-adoptee-project-new-cropped-780x440
      The English and Romanian Adoptee (ERA) Project

      A longitudinal, multi-method investigation of the development of children adopted into the UK from Romania in the early 1990s.

      Project status: Completed

      News

      IoPPN researchers celebrate wins at the ACAMH Awards 2023

      The ACAMH Awards recognise work of exceptional quality in the discipline of child and adolescent mental health.

      Award