New study by Flora Blangis shows having a supportive adult reduces psychopathology in early adulthood for poly-victimised & non-poly-victimised kids. Highlights the need for supportive adults! 🤝🧠✨ Prof Helen L. Fisher Louise Arseneault Dr Rachel Latham ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health🔗bit.ly/3UzY7MH

It’s a real honour to follow the E-Risk Study twins’ lives over time. I’m excited to uncover what we can do to enable young people to thrive🌱✨no matter what they were exposed to in the past and what they may bring to the situation genetically SGDP Centre KCL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

I'm Beth, the E-Risk Laboratory Technician 👩‍🔬 I have enjoyed looking after the ever-growing E-Risk biobank🧬The samples are now in the flow of coming into the lab and the resource of genetic information is growing!📊 SGDP Centre KCL Medical Research Council Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

Loneliness isn’t just a health issue, it has economic consequences too😞📉. We found that twins who felt lonelier at 12 were more likely to be out of out of employment, education and training in young adulthood Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Medical Research Council Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38490911/

Do autistic traits in childhood link to PTSD in young adulthood? 🧩📖 This study explores trauma, mental health & functional outcomes in young people. Read more 👇 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience SGDP Centre KCL Medical Research Council ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🎉Great to see this paper out led by Timothy Matthews using E-Risk Study data showing overall time spent online is associated with ⬆️loneliness in young adults. Use of some social media platforms was linked to ⬆️loneliness, while others were protective! Louise Arseneault Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

Fantastic Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience piece digging into the issues covered in Netflix's Adolescence 🤩 Features insightful E-Risk Study research on mental health consequences of adolescent cyberbullying Louise Arseneault Timothy Matthews SGDP Centre KCL

🧠 Can parenting shape who we become? Jasmin Wertz's paper using data from E-Risk finds that maternal affection in childhood (ages 5–10) predicts personality traits at age 18, even between identical twins👯‍♂️ Medical Research Council SGDP Centre KCL ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40244963/

Hearing how the study makes our twins pause, reflect, and feel proud to contribute is so rewarding 💙 Every story helps us better understand health, genetics and society. Thank you to our amazing twins for sharing their stories 🌍🧬 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health SGDP Centre KCL Medical Research Council

We were excited to hear the E-Risk Study featured on this week’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind 🧠, which focused on the role of twins in psychological research 👨‍👧‍👧📈 Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health SGDP Centre KCL Click the link below to have a listen😃 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Prof Edmund Sonuga-Barke spoke with the BBC One Show [segment 11:42-16:14] on how many parents struggle to support their children with #ADHD, especially if they also have the condition. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Day 1 of the #YoungCarersFestival – the biggest gathering of young people with caring responsibilities in the world organised with YMCA Fairthorne Group   Today, we welcomed almost 1,000 young people to the festival with music, fairground rides and fireworks!🎆

Young people's voices are at the very heart of our work. We worked with partners at Oasis UK to explore the importance of youth voice. Young people share how it has helped them to feel heard and eager to affect change. Read more: childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/blo…

📢 New paper on the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC)! E-Risk twins (with consent) have their data linked to NHS, DWP, HMRC, DfE, MoJ + environment data 🌿🏥 A big step for UK longitudinal research! Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration SGDP Centre KCL ijpds.org/article/view/2…

.The CAMH journal are delighted to announce their Special Issue on ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents, & Young Adults’, ed. by Dr Keri Wong, Efstathios Papachristou, Marta Francesconi, & Tycho Dekkers. bit.ly/43OmGcE

The classic "Monday's Child" rhyme was tested using E-Risk data 🎶to see if the day of the week you're born predicts your personality or physical traits at age 18. SGDP Centre KCL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Medical Research Council ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Paper: 📝onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo… [Photo by Tara Glaser on Unsplash]

I’m super excited to join E-Risk! 𐀪𐀪 I’m looking forward to gaining hands-on experience, and seeing how the data we work with can help us better understand different mental health disorders! 📊🧠Medical Research Council SGDP Centre KCL ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience - Sanaa, E-Risk Placement Student

RE-STAR⭐ newsletter is out! Click below for version with links to papers and more👇tinyurl.com/yuckbyfd

This E-Risk paper explored how growing up in highly deprived neighbourhoods affects mental health in late adolescence, and how to buffer from the long-term mental health impacts of early disadvantage 🧠👥 Medical Research Council SGDP Centre KCL ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40190090/

Can maternal warmth or negativity at age 10 shape adolescent mental health 💚🧠? Using identical twin comparisons, this study uncovers how emotional parenting influences outcomes at ages 12 & 18 👩‍👧‍👦📊 📄 Read: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.7… Medical Research Council SGDP Centre KCL Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health