Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Dean of Medicine
0113 343 3264
Room 8.35, Worsley Building
Qualifications
BA (Hons.) Physiological Science - Oxford (1976)
MA conferred - Oxford (1983)
MB BS - London (1979)
MRCPsych (1983)
UKCP Registered Family Psychotherapist (1996)
FRCPsych (1999)
Fellow of Academy of Medical Educators (2010)
Current and Previous Roles
David graduated from Oxford in 1976, and London in 1979. He trained as a lecturer at St. George's Hospital Medical School and then worked as a Senior Lecturer at the London Hospital Medical College before he was appointed to the Foundation Chair in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Leeds in 1994.
He holds an honorary consultant child & adolescent psychiatry post with the local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, part of NHS Leeds Community Healthcare
He was Director of Learning & Teaching in the School of Medicine with responsibility for all undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching activity from 1999 - 2006. In 2008 he was appointed Dean of Medicine at the school.
Current Research Interests
The evaluation of child and adolescent mental health service. Specifically, investigations into the effectiveness of psychological treatments for common and expensive (for the adolescent, their family and government services) problems.
Adaptation of children and their families to chronic illness and disability.
Current and Recent Research
New forms of professional knowledge and practice in multi-agency services. October 2002 for 2 years, £125,000. Co-applicant
SHIFT. Self-Harm Intervention, Family Therapy: a randomised controlled trial of family therapy vs. treatment as usual for young people seen after second or subsequent episodes of self-harm.
Health Technology Agency, Ref 07/33/01. Research Grant including NHS costs £,4,516,702. 6 years from December 2008. Principal Applicant
START. Systemic Therapy for At Risk Teens. A national randomised controlled trial to evaluate multisystemic therapy in the UK context.
Department for Children, Schools and Families in conjunction with the Department of Health. £1,013,858 excluding NHS costs. 2009-2013. Co-applicant
Addressing depression in Muslim communities: development of a treatment manual for professionals. NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme Ref PB-PG-1208-18107. £241,656. 2010 – 2012. Co-applicant.
ETHOS - The Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of family THerapy for yOung people who misuse Substances and/ or alcohol: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial
Health Technology Agency. Submitted February 2011. Co-applicant
Cottrell, D. & Boston, P. (2002) The effectiveness of systemic family therapy for children and adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 43, 573-586.
Fonagy, P., Target, M., Cottrell, D., Phillips, J., Kurtz, Z. (2002) What Works for Whom. A critical review of treatments for children and adolescents, Guilford: New York.
Ayton, A., Rasool, H. & Cottrell, D. (2003) Deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents: Association with social deprivation. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 12, 303-307.
Worrall-Davies, A., Cottrell, D., Benson, E. (2004) Evaluation of an early intervention Tier 2 child and adolescent mental health service. Health & Social Care in the Community. 12, 119-125.
Whittington, C.J., Kendall, T., Fonagy, P., Cottrell, D., Cotgrove, A., Boddington, E. (2004) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in childhood depression: systematic review of published versus unpublished data. Lancet. 363, 1341-1345.
Anning A., Cottrell D., Frost N., Green J. & Robinson M. (2006) Developing Multi-professional teamwork for integrated children's services. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Cottrell D. & Bollom P. (2007) Translating research into practice: the challenges of establishing a new multi-agency team for vulnerable children. Journal of Children's Services.
Teaching Responsibilities
David teaches on the Child Health and SSC/ RESS components of the MBChB. on the MSc in Child Health, and the Foundation and Intermediate modules of the and MSc Systemic Family Therapy.
PhD Supervision
The evaluation of child and adolescent mental health services, effectiveness of psychological treatments for children and families, adaptation of children and their families to chronic illness and disability.
Professional Activities
National
UK Health Education Advisory Committee
Medical Programme Board of Medical Education England
National Clinical Assessment Team
External Advisor – NHS Scotland Children and Young People's Health Indicators Advisory Group
YoungMinds Charity (Trustee and Director)
Regional
Non Executive Director, Bradford Hospitals Teaching Trust
Yorkshire and Humber: Developing the Healthcare workforce Programme Board
Yorkshire and Humber Health Innovation and Education Cluster
Elected member of University of Leeds Council