Dr Rosie Mayston

Lecturer in Global Mental Health, King's College London

Dr. Rosie Mayston is a mixed methods researcher with a focus on mental health and chronic physical illness among people living in low and middle income countries. Rosie has a background in anthropology and demography. Her PhD was in psychiatric epidemiology, focussing on HIV, common mental disorders and access to services in Goa, India. Following her PhD, Rosie developed an interest in broader issues around chronic illness and mental health, in particular, how comorbidity might be best managed and treated to achieve positive physical and mental health outcomes and what systems might be necessary to achieve this.