Ruth joined the Nuffield Trust in April 2013 after completing her PhD in developmental psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. Ruth’s research involved using a mixed methods approach to investigate how personality and temperament influence mental health service use in adolescents.
Prior to beginning her PhD she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry. She was involved in a study assessing the impact of functional family therapy on adolescent antisocial behavior and an evaluation of medium secure services for personality disordered offenders.