Jodie Matar
Project Manager (MAKINGtheLINK) and Research Fellow, Clinical and Social Research Team, Turning Point and Monash University
Overview
Jodie is the Project Manager of the MAKINGtheLINK project and a Research Fellow on projects such as Updating the 2004 Principles for School Drug Education.
Background
Jodie holds a Master of Psychology (Education and Development), Graduate Diplomas of both Psychology and Professional Psychology, and a Bachelor of Business.
Jodie is also a psychologist working in private practice with adolescents and families, and is currently completing a PhD on the mental health concerns of adolescents in high socioeconomic contexts and how they seek help for these concerns
Research Interests
- Adolescent mental health concerns (e.g., substance use and addiction)
- School-based health promotion interventions for adolescents
- Prevention, early identification and early intervention for mental health concerns
- Understanding risk and protective factors for adolescents and their families to inform intervention development for mental illness and/or substance use
- Help-seeking behaviour
- Social determinants of health
Contact Details
You can contact Jodie at [email protected]
More Information
You can explore Jodie’s work via Google Scholar or ResearchGate, and you can connect with her via LinkedIn