Maggie Shippam
The Health and Wellbeing of Young Adults with ADHD
Maggie Shippam
PhD Student
School of Psychology
Profile
Maggie has worked within the youth work sector since 2011 and is passionate about improving the wellbeing and outcomes of rainbow and neurodiverse/disabled young people in their community. More recently, Maggie turned their attention towards advisory work as well as conducting research in those areas. During their time as a psychology student, they focused both their directed independent study and honours thesis on the psychological wellbeing of adolescents with long-term health conditions. Now as a PhD candidate, Maggie is interested in investigating the health and wellbeing of young adults living with ADHD in Aotearoa as Maggie was diagnosed when they were a young adult.
Qualifications
BSc and BSc Hons (1st Class)
Research Interests
Youth Wellbeing, Rainbow Mental Health, Neurodiversity, Community-led Research
PhD topic
The Health and Wellbeing of Young Adults with ADHD
Supervisor:
Professor of Psychology
School of Psychology
Associate Professor · Co-leader Digital Mental Health Catalyst
School of Health
Labs
Youth Wellbeing Study- Directed by Professor Marc Wilson
The Youth Wellbeing Study has now been integrated into the wider Social Justice and Wellbeing (JAWS) lab, which you can find here.