Anamarija Veic

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Ana Veic recently completed her PhD in auditory and linguistic processing in autistic individuals at the University of Reading. During the final year of her PhD, she worked on a multidisciplinary project that studied the experiences and identities of autistic girls at the University of Surrey. She also worked briefly as a Research Assistant at Middlesex University, where she explored the barriers to help-seeking among Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel. Currently, Ana is based at the University of Cambridge, where she conducts research on scalable and low-cost interventions to support medication adherence in people who are prescribed treatment for hypertension. Aside from her interest in clinical psychology and participatory research, Ana is also passionate about charity runs and reading fiction.

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Navigating mental health support for female migrants in Europe: insights from a systematic feminist review

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Ana Veic explores a review on the female migrant experience in accessing mental health support in primary care settings across Europe, which concludes that services must be culturally aware and gender sensitive.

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Cognition and heterogeneity in first-episode psychosis before antipsychotic treatment

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Ana Veic looks at an updated systematic review which suggests that patients with psychosis display cognitive difficulties very early in the disease process, and concludes this variation in cognitive function should prompt individual clinical assessments to optimise care.

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Mental health problems and admissions to hospital for accidents and injuries in the UK military

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Ana Veic summarises a epidemiological study exploring the mental health problems and admissions to hospital for accidents and injuries in the UK military.

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Barriers to PTSD care for US veterans: new evidence highlights importance of an intersectional approach

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Dr Ana Veic explores the barriers to mental health care reported by over 17,000 US veterans with PTSD, and how these barriers differ between demographic groups (e.g., by race and by sex).

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