Professor Sallie Baxendale
Webinar: Wednesday 27 November 2024 7pm
Sallie Baxendale is Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the University College London, Queen Square, Institute of Neurology.
In this presentation, Prof Baxendale will explore how the brain develops during adolescence and the impact this has on young people’s capacity to make decisions that have long term, irreversible consequences.
She will examine how we can apply the neuroscience in a clinical setting to explore an individual’s capacity to give informed consent for elective medical treatments.
Although highly relevant in the care of young people struggling with their gender identity, the lessons from neuroscience are applicable to all clinicians working with adolescents and young people, whatever the medical setting.
Prof Baxendale specialises in the neuropsychological assessment of cognitive and behavioural difficulties in epilepsy and non pharmacological interventions for the condition.
She has over three decades of clinical experience working with people with epilepsy in London and Oxford and is the current chair of the International League Against Epilepsy Diagnostic Methods Commission, and serves on the Board of Governors for the International Neuropsychological Society.
In February 2024 Prof Baxendale published a paper on research on puberty blockers: The Impact of Suppressing Puberty on Neuropsychological Function: A Review and last year wrote an article for the CAN-SG website: Lessons From the Wrong Side of History.
This zoom webinar is free (with optional donation).
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