Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work & Psychology

Bio

Dr. Trotman is a Lecturer in Psychology, teaching students in both the B.sc. and M.SC programmes at Cave Hill. Her research include the intersection between mental and physical heatlh, especially in cases of childhood abuse and neglect.  In keeping with this, she runs the Suspected Childhood Abuse and Neglect Clinic at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados.




 

Qualifications

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University College London
M.Sc. Psychological Studies, University of Glasgow
B.Sc. Psychology, UWI Cave Hill

 

Teaching Areas

UNDERGRADUATE:
PSYC 2002 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 2007 Psychometrics

GRADUATE:
APSY 6020 Advanced Psychopathology
COSY 6020 Ethical & Legal Issues in Counselling Psychology
PSYC 6100 Advanced Development Psychology
PSYC 6130 Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychology

Select Publications

Liverpool, S., Draoui, Y., Tucker, J., Pereira, B., Prescod, J., Owen, M., & Trotman, C. (2023). Factors associated with children and young people’s mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean region: Systematic review and narrative synthesis, PLoS ONE, 18(3): e0282666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282666

Trotman, C. The relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean. In COVID-19 and the Caribbean: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Edited by Sherma Roberts, Halimah DeShong, Wendy Grenade and Dwayne Devonish. Palgrave MacMillan. Submitted for publication March 31st, 2022

Liverpool, S., Prescod, J., Pereira, B., & Trotman, C. (2023). Prevalence of mental health and behaviour problems among adolescents in the English-speaking Caribbean: systematic review and meta-analysis. Discover mental health, 3(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-023-00037-2

Trotman, C. (2021). Twenty years of adverse childhood experiences in Barbados: a systematic review, Caribbean Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 32-78

Trotman, C. (2021). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Covid-19, GSSWP Policy Brief, 5(A)

Keywords

Adverse Childhood Experiences; Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Young people; Mental health in the Caribbean