Question: do you find it hard working with teenagers with anger problems and how do you help them get over it, have you ever helped someone get over there anger issues or if they have anxiety have you helped them them overcome it ?

Alex Spiers answered on 14 Nov 2019:

In my current role as a research scientist, I have less contact with teenagers other than to ask then to conduct cognitive tests and answer questions about their lifestyle and mental health. So ironically, even though I am now researching mental health issues such as anxiety and anger, I am working less helping teenagers with their problems than when I used to be a teacher.

There is often a tension between what a researcher does and what a clinician (e.g. a doctor does). I am part of an observational study – which means we don’t intervene and help teenagers when we conduct the study; we want to find information and findings after the study is completed that will help all teenagers in the globe.