Rate My Professor Tanya Hanstock

Hanstock's research centers on the understanding, assessment, and treatment of mental health disorders across the lifespan, specializing in bipolar disorder—particularly its onset in young people—with over 20 years of clinical experience. Current projects explore technology for monitoring and predicting relapse in adults with bipolar disorder. Her fields of research encompass clinical psychology (40%) and child and adolescent development (60%), with keywords including autism spectrum disorder, child development, obsessive compulsive disorder, parent-child interaction therapy, and trauma. She has supervised numerous honours, masters, doctorate, and PhD theses in mental health, developmental disorders, and translational psychological research, and has externally examined theses. Notable publications include the book Psychological Treatment Approaches for Young Children and Their Families (2024, with I. Stiefel and M. Brand), Who's Who of the Brain: A Guide to its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do (2008, with K. Nunn and B. Lask), and the chapter 'Bipolar Disorders' in Abnormal Psychology in Context: The Australian and New Zealand Handbook (2017, with S. Tse). She received the Young Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of New England in 2008 and collaborates on interdisciplinary initiatives with NSW Health and other institutions.