Dr Carina Capra

Carina is an occupational therapist with a doctorate in psychology. Carina works in the area of child, adolescent and youth psychiatry in both the public and private sector. Her interests are in neurodevelopmental psychiatry, sensory processing and modulation, developmental psychiatry and early engagement for psychotic-like experiences. Carina is currently the project manager for the evaluation of the adolescent extended treatment facility in Queensland at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. Carina is currently partnering in collaborative research projects working with neurodevelopmental psychiatry, nutrition and neuropsychology to improve the outcomes for children, young people and families at risk of mental ill-health.