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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Helen Minnis
| name = Helen Minnis
| alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]] <br> [[University of the West of Scotland]] <Br> [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]] <br> [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]]
| workplaces = [[University of Glasgow]] <br> [[Maudsley Hospital]]
| workplaces = [[University of Glasgow]] <br> [[Maudsley Hospital]]
| known_for = [[Child and Adolescent Psychiatry]]
| known_for = [[Child and Adolescent Psychiatry]]
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}}'''Helen Minnis''' is a Professor of [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|Child and Adolescent Psychiatry]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. She studies [[reactive attachment disorder]] and other developmental conditions.
'''Helen Minnis''' is a Professor of [[Child and adolescent psychiatry|Child and Adolescent Psychiatry]] at the [[University of Glasgow]]. She studies [[reactive attachment disorder]] and other developmental conditions.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Minnis earned a bachelor's degree in [[biochemistry]] at the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1985.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://gnc.gu.se/english/current/news/newsdetail//helen-minnis-is-appointed-guest-professor-at-the-gillberg-neuropsychiatry-centre-.cid1222811|title=Helen Minnis is appointed Guest Professor at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre - University of Gothenburg, Sweden|website=Göteborgs universitet|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She remained there for her medical studies, completed a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery]] in 1988.<ref name=":4" /> In the 1990s Minnis worked as a doctor in an orphanage in [[Guatemala]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/helenminnis/#/biography,researchinterests|title=University of Glasgow - Research Institutes - Institute of Health & Wellbeing - Our staff - Professor Helen Minnis|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Here she worked with children that had been abused and neglected.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://podtail.com/en/podcast/association-for-child-and-adolescent-mental-health/in-conversation-professor-helen-minnis-on-attachme/|title=In conversation... Professor Helen Minnis on Attachment – Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) – Podcast|last=Health (ACAMH)|first=Association for Child and Adolescent Mental|website=Podtail|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> It was whilst she was in [[Guatemala]] that she became interested in [[attachment disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gnc.gu.se/english/research-staff-%26-associates/minnis--helen/|title=Minnis, Helen - Gillberg centrum, University of Gothenburg, Sweden|website=Göteborgs universitet|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She noticed that children in orphanages would cling to visitors, whilst children in nearby villages hid from strangers.<ref name=":2" /> When she returned to Glasgow she noticed that children there were suffering from similar conditions; which she attributed to neglect.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t36lv|title=BBC Radio Scotland - Brainwaves, Series 1, Episode 5|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She moved to the [[Maudsley Hospital]], where she trained in psychiatry and focussed her research on children with [[reactive attachment disorder]].<ref name=":3" /> She was awarded a [[Wellcome Trust]] Clinical Fellowship to work at the [[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience|Institute of Psychiatry]] Social, Genetic and Developmental Research Centre from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=":4" /> In 1996 she was award a master's degree in [[epidemiology]] at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]].<ref name=":4" /> She earned a PhD in [[child and adolescent psychiatry]] in 1998.<ref name=":4" />
Minnis earned a bachelor's degree in [[biochemistry]] at the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1985.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://gnc.gu.se/english/current/news/newsdetail//helen-minnis-is-appointed-guest-professor-at-the-gillberg-neuropsychiatry-centre-.cid1222811|title=Helen Minnis is appointed Guest Professor at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre - University of Gothenburg, Sweden|website=Göteborgs universitet|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She remained there for her medical studies and completed a [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery]] in 1988.<ref name=":4" /> In the 1990s Minnis worked as a doctor in an orphanage in [[Guatemala]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/helenminnis/#/biography,researchinterests|title=University of Glasgow - Research Institutes - Institute of Health & Wellbeing - Our staff - Professor Helen Minnis|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Here she worked with children that had been abused and neglected.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://podtail.com/en/podcast/association-for-child-and-adolescent-mental-health/in-conversation-professor-helen-minnis-on-attachme/|title=In conversation... Professor Helen Minnis on Attachment – Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) – Podcast|last=Health (ACAMH)|first=Association for Child and Adolescent Mental|website=Podtail|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> It was whilst she was in [[Guatemala]] that she became interested in [[attachment disorder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gnc.gu.se/english/research-staff-%26-associates/minnis--helen/|title=Minnis, Helen - Gillberg centrum, University of Gothenburg, Sweden|website=Göteborgs universitet|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She noticed that children in orphanages would cling to visitors, whilst children in nearby villages hid from strangers.<ref name=":2" /> When she returned to Glasgow she noticed that children there were suffering from similar conditions; which she attributed to neglect.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t36lv|title=BBC Radio Scotland - Brainwaves, Series 1, Episode 5|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She moved to the [[Maudsley Hospital]], where she trained in psychiatry and focussed her research on children with [[reactive attachment disorder]].<ref name=":3" /> She was awarded a [[Wellcome Trust]] Clinical Fellowship to work at the [[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience|Institute of Psychiatry]] Social, Genetic and Developmental Research Centre from 1995 to 1999.<ref name=":4" /> In 1996 she was award a master's degree in [[epidemiology]] at the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]].<ref name=":4" /> She earned a PhD in [[child and adolescent psychiatry]] in 1998.<ref name=":4" />


== Research and career ==
== Research and career ==
Her research today considers the clinical aspects and behavioural genetics of [[attachment disorder]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/search-bank/dr-helen-minnis/|title=Dr Helen Minnis talks about attachment formation|website=www.celcis.org|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13060537.children-on-the-edge/|title=Children on the edge|website=HeraldScotland|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She completed her psychiatric training in the [[University of the West of Scotland]] before joining the [[University of Glasgow]] as a lecturer in 2003. Minnis has studied the mental health of adopted children in [[Scotland]]. She found that nurturing parents were incredibly important in a child's psychological development. She has shown that children who suffer from early neglect sometimes have problems with their [[frontal lobe]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.saia.org.uk/1/post/2016/11/why-attachment-matters-an-interview-with-professor-helen-minnis.html|title=Why Attachment Matters - an interview with Professor Helen Minnis.|website=Scottish Attachment In Action (SAIA)|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> In Glasgow she has been piloting the [[New Orleans]] Intervention Model<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QYe_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=helen+minnis+glasgow&source=bl&ots=FRan22iZqz&sig=ACfU3U2Z-x4NKQOdKHCa2I3MyDaekrLCmg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf-rWgzpflAhVBShUIHXRgBus4RhDoATAIegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=helen%20minnis%20glasgow&f=false|title=Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People: Supporting Children who are, or have been, in Foster Care|last=Tarren-Sweeney|first=Michael|last2=Vetere|first2=Arlene|date=2013-09-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136213977|language=en}}</ref>, which provides attachment-based assessments for the caregiving relationships of children under five.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|last=CELCIS|title=Dr Helen Minnis|date=2011-12-09|url=https://vimeo.com/33391148|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The process takes a few months, including intensive trials of treatment to improve the relationships of people in their homes.<ref name=":1" /> She is Chief Investigator of the BeST<sup>?</sup> [[Randomized controlled trial|randomised controlled trial]] that compared the New Orleans Intervention Model with [[social work]] services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/cap/research/the-best-services-trial/best|title=King's College London - The BeST? Services Trial: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She has been involved with the [[Scottish Government]] ''Scottish Attachment in Action'' which looks to train and support people about the importance of attachment relationships.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/delivering-innovation-through-research-scottish-government-health-social-care-research/pages/6/|title=Delivering Innovation through Research - Scottish Government Health and Social Care Research Strategy - gov.scot|website=www.gov.scot|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She has investigated how [[reactive attachment disorder]] impacts other [[Developmental disorder|developmental disorders]], including [[Autism spectrum|autism spectrum disorder]].
Her research today considers the clinical aspects and behavioural genetics of [[attachment disorder]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/search-bank/dr-helen-minnis/|title=Dr Helen Minnis talks about attachment formation|website=www.celcis.org|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13060537.children-on-the-edge/|title=Children on the edge|website=HeraldScotland|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She completed her psychiatric training in the [[University of the West of Scotland]] before joining the [[University of Glasgow]] as a lecturer in 2003. Minnis has studied the mental health of adopted children in [[Scotland]]. She found that nurturing parents were incredibly important in a child's psychological development. She has shown that children who suffer from early neglect sometimes have problems with their [[frontal lobe]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.saia.org.uk/1/post/2016/11/why-attachment-matters-an-interview-with-professor-helen-minnis.html|title=Why Attachment Matters - an interview with Professor Helen Minnis.|website=Scottish Attachment In Action (SAIA)|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> In Glasgow she has been piloting the [[New Orleans]] Intervention Model,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYe_AAAAQBAJ&q=helen+minnis+glasgow&pg=PA83|title=Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People: Supporting Children who are, or have been, in Foster Care|last1=Tarren-Sweeney|first1=Michael|last2=Vetere|first2=Arlene|date=2013-09-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136213977|language=en}}</ref> which provides attachment-based assessments for the caregiving relationships of children under five.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|last=CELCIS|title=Dr Helen Minnis|date=2011-12-09|url=https://vimeo.com/33391148|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> The process takes a few months, including intensive trials of treatment to improve the relationships of people in their homes.<ref name=":1" /> She is Chief Investigator of the BeST<sup>?</sup> [[Randomized controlled trial|randomised controlled trial]] that compared the New Orleans Intervention Model with [[social work]] services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/cap/research/the-best-services-trial/best|title=King's College London - The BeST? Services Trial: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She has been involved with the [[Scottish Government]] ''Scottish Attachment in Action'' which looks to train and support people about the importance of attachment relationships.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/delivering-innovation-through-research-scottish-government-health-social-care-research/pages/6/|title=Delivering Innovation through Research - Scottish Government Health and Social Care Research Strategy - gov.scot|website=www.gov.scot|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She has investigated how [[reactive attachment disorder]] impacts other [[developmental disorder]]s, including [[Autism spectrum|autism spectrum disorder]].


Minnis is part of the Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials that studies the biology and development of autism in an effort to inform new treatments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/about-aims-2-trials/|title=About Us|date=2018-12-06|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/about-aims-2-trials/team/university-of-glasgow/|title=University of Glasgow|date=2018-09-17|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Minnis is a member of the United Kingdom's ''Black Female Professors Forum''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackfemaleprofessorsforum.org/professors/helen-minnis/|title=Helen Minnis – Black Female Professors Forum|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She delivered a [[TED (conference)|TED]]<nowiki/>x talk ''Lead by admitting you don't know'' where she spoke about [[attachment theory]] and family relationships.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lead by admitting that you don’t know {{!}} Helen Minnis {{!}} TEDxGlasgow|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EiF0Ng-Kg|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> In 2011 she was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]].<ref name=":4" />
Minnis is part of the Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials that studies the biology and development of autism in an effort to inform new treatments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/about-aims-2-trials/|title=About Us|date=2018-12-06|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aims-2-trials.eu/about-aims-2-trials/team/university-of-glasgow/|title=University of Glasgow|date=2018-09-17|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> Minnis is a member of the United Kingdom's ''Black Female Professors Forum''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blackfemaleprofessorsforum.org/professors/helen-minnis/|title=Helen Minnis – Black Female Professors Forum|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> She delivered a [[TED (conference)|TED]]<nowiki/>x talk ''Lead by admitting you don't know'' where she spoke about [[attachment theory]] and family relationships.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lead by admitting that you don't know {{!}} Helen Minnis {{!}} TEDxGlasgow|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EiF0Ng-Kg|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> In 2011 she was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]].<ref name=":4" />


=== Selected publications ===
=== Selected publications ===
*{{Cite journal|title=Children in foster care: Mental health, service use and costs|last=Minnis|first=Helen|journal=European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry|volume=15|issue=2|pages=63–70|doi=10.1007/s00787-006-0452-8|pmid=16523249|year=2006|s2cid=29317644}}
Her publications include;
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*{{Cite book|title=Christopher Gillberg, Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders|last=Minnis|first=Helen|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=|pages=}}

{{Cite paper|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00787-006-0452-8|title=Children in foster care: Mental health, service use and costs|last=Minnis|first=Helen|date=|journal=European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry|volume=15|pages=63–70|via=}}
*{{Cite book|title=Attachment and loss in childhood and beyond|last=Minnis|first=Helen|publisher=Pearson Longman|year=2012|isbn=9781408237250|pages=223–233}}

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{{Cite book|title=Christopher Gillberg, Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders|last=Minnis|first=Helen|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=}}

{{Cite book|title=Attachment and loss in childhood and beyond|last=Minnis|first=Helen|publisher=Pearson Longman|year=2012|isbn=9781408237250|location=|pages=223-233}}


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Latest revision as of 01:44, 31 July 2024

Helen Minnis
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Known forChild and Adolescent Psychiatry
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Glasgow
Maudsley Hospital

Helen Minnis is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Glasgow. She studies reactive attachment disorder and other developmental conditions.

Early life and education

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Minnis earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1985.[1] She remained there for her medical studies and completed a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery in 1988.[1] In the 1990s Minnis worked as a doctor in an orphanage in Guatemala.[2] Here she worked with children that had been abused and neglected.[3] It was whilst she was in Guatemala that she became interested in attachment disorder.[4] She noticed that children in orphanages would cling to visitors, whilst children in nearby villages hid from strangers.[3] When she returned to Glasgow she noticed that children there were suffering from similar conditions; which she attributed to neglect.[5] She moved to the Maudsley Hospital, where she trained in psychiatry and focussed her research on children with reactive attachment disorder.[5] She was awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellowship to work at the Institute of Psychiatry Social, Genetic and Developmental Research Centre from 1995 to 1999.[1] In 1996 she was award a master's degree in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[1] She earned a PhD in child and adolescent psychiatry in 1998.[1]

Research and career

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Her research today considers the clinical aspects and behavioural genetics of attachment disorder.[2][6][7] She completed her psychiatric training in the University of the West of Scotland before joining the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in 2003. Minnis has studied the mental health of adopted children in Scotland. She found that nurturing parents were incredibly important in a child's psychological development. She has shown that children who suffer from early neglect sometimes have problems with their frontal lobe.[8] In Glasgow she has been piloting the New Orleans Intervention Model,[9] which provides attachment-based assessments for the caregiving relationships of children under five.[8][10] The process takes a few months, including intensive trials of treatment to improve the relationships of people in their homes.[8] She is Chief Investigator of the BeST? randomised controlled trial that compared the New Orleans Intervention Model with social work services.[11] She has been involved with the Scottish Government Scottish Attachment in Action which looks to train and support people about the importance of attachment relationships.[8][12] She has investigated how reactive attachment disorder impacts other developmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder.

Minnis is part of the Autism Innovative Medicine Studies-2-Trials that studies the biology and development of autism in an effort to inform new treatments.[13][14] Minnis is a member of the United Kingdom's Black Female Professors Forum.[15] She delivered a TEDx talk Lead by admitting you don't know where she spoke about attachment theory and family relationships.[16] In 2011 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.[1]

Selected publications

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  • Minnis, Helen (2006). "Children in foster care: Mental health, service use and costs". European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 15 (2): 63–70. doi:10.1007/s00787-006-0452-8. PMID 16523249. S2CID 29317644.
  • Minnis, Helen (2017). Christopher Gillberg, Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer.
  • Minnis, Helen (2012). Attachment and loss in childhood and beyond. Pearson Longman. pp. 223–233. ISBN 9781408237250.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Helen Minnis is appointed Guest Professor at the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre - University of Gothenburg, Sweden". Göteborgs universitet. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. ^ a b "University of Glasgow - Research Institutes - Institute of Health & Wellbeing - Our staff - Professor Helen Minnis". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  3. ^ a b Health (ACAMH), Association for Child and Adolescent Mental. "In conversation... Professor Helen Minnis on Attachment – Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) – Podcast". Podtail. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  4. ^ "Minnis, Helen - Gillberg centrum, University of Gothenburg, Sweden". Göteborgs universitet. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  5. ^ a b "BBC Radio Scotland - Brainwaves, Series 1, Episode 5". BBC. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  6. ^ "Dr Helen Minnis talks about attachment formation". www.celcis.org. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  7. ^ "Children on the edge". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. ^ a b c d "Why Attachment Matters - an interview with Professor Helen Minnis". Scottish Attachment In Action (SAIA). Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  9. ^ Tarren-Sweeney, Michael; Vetere, Arlene (2013-09-11). Mental Health Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People: Supporting Children who are, or have been, in Foster Care. Routledge. ISBN 9781136213977.
  10. ^ CELCIS (2011-12-09), Dr Helen Minnis, retrieved 2019-10-12
  11. ^ "King's College London - The BeST? Services Trial: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the New Orleans Intervention Model for Infant Mental Health". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  12. ^ "Delivering Innovation through Research - Scottish Government Health and Social Care Research Strategy - gov.scot". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  13. ^ "About Us". 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  14. ^ "University of Glasgow". 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  15. ^ "Helen Minnis – Black Female Professors Forum". Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  16. ^ Lead by admitting that you don't know | Helen Minnis | TEDxGlasgow, retrieved 2019-10-12
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