Environmental influences
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A twin study of genetic and environmental contributions to ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) over time
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We investigated whether the genetic and environmental variance underlying ADHD, and traits of ADHD, has changed over time’. Mark J. Taylor (pic) et al.
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Dr. Bolanle Adeyemi Ola
Dr. Bolanle Adeyemi Ola is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine and a Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in the affiliated teaching hospital where he started and runs the first State owned Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. He is an Associate Editor of CAMH, responsible for the Short Research Articles section.
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Dr. Gordon Bates
Dr. Gordon Bates is a consultant child psychiatrist interested in the interaction between culture, young people and mental illness. He works for the NHS in the West Midlands and has recently completed his PhD in medical humanities. He is an Associate Editor of CAMH, responsible for the Narrative Matters section.
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Dr. Geertjan Overbeek
Geertjan Overbeek is a professor of child and adolescent development at the research institute child development and education (RICDE) at the University of Amsterdam.
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A cross-lagged twin study of emotional symptoms, social isolation and peer victimisation from early adolescence to emerging adulthood
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Our study highlights the necessity to intervene early in adolescence to prevent the escalation of emotional symptoms over time and to consider social isolation and peer victimisation as important risk factors for the long-term persistence of emotional symptoms.’ Geneviève Morneau-Vaillancourt (pic) et al.
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Covid-19’s impact on Loneliness and Mental Health: A Study of Schizotypal Traits and Paranoia
The Covid pandemic lockdown has affected us differently, with some people being impacted more than others. Extensive research has indicated that lockdowns – which broadly include isolation measures, such as, in the UK, being required to stay at home unless for essential reasons – have disproportionately impacted individuals with higher levels of paranoia.
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Methodological Review: Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): A genetically sensitive investigation of mental health outcomes in the mid-twenties
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘This paper outlines recent data collection efforts supporting this work, including a cohort-wide mental health assessment at age 26 and a multi-phase Covid-19 study.’ Celestine Lockhart et al.
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Trajectories of cortical structures associated with stress across adolescence: a bivariate latent change score approach
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we used a subset of the IMAGEN population cohort sample to understand longitudinally the long-term interrelations between stress, cortical development, and cognitive functioning.’ Tochukwu Nweze (pic) et al.
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Infant sleep predicts trajectories of social attention and later autism traits
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We used a prospective longitudinal design in infants with a family history of ASD and/or ADHD to examine infant sleep and its relation to trajectories of attention and later neurodevelopmental disorders.’ Jannath Begum-Ali et al.
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Joint polygenic and environmental risks for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ADHD symptom dimensions
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Two independent data sets were used to examine additive (G + E) and interactive (GxE) effects of selected polygenic risk scores (PRS) and environmental factors in a cross-sectional design.’ Michael A. Mooney, Peter Ryabinin, et al.
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