1/3 of parents surveyed by Place2Be said they would be embarrassed to seek mental health support for their children. I fully understand it but it makes me so desperately sad and frustrated so here is a thread ⬇️⬇️ (1/7) #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/news/a-third-o…

In 2,335 Australian twins (all European descent), IQ had a positive genetic correlation with autism & a negative genetic correlation with ADHD, schizophrenia, & bipolar disorder. EA3 polygenic score shared 10% of variance with educational attainment. doi.org/https://doi.or…

Do people experience poorer mental health and wellbeing after COVID-19 infection? We explored this & other questions in our latest COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing study published OA today in @TheLancetPsych. thelancet.com/journals/lanps… 🧵of RQ&As below (1/9)

1 in 6 children have diagnosed mental health disorders. 10 minutes a day teaching mental health & well-being strategies from the early years would have a huge effect on the future of all our children. Pls, Sign the petition today #10minutesmatter #childrensmentalhealth

Congratulations to Dr Ellen J Thompson for LIVES best paper award - using UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies #NCDS and #BCS70 with authors including Prof Praveetha Patalay and George Ploubidis #SLLS2022

Check out our homepage for a list of 700+ longitudinal datasets across the world that have info available online! Use the search 🔍function to find your dataset or others from your country! landscaping-longitudinal-research.com Wellcome MQ DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research Open Data Institute Centre for GMH

Genetic effects shared between major psychiatric disorders and a range of behavioral outcomes. Source: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Read and respond to this blog asking for views on what data would be most useful to collect over time if we are to understand how anxiety, depression and psychosis develop and resolve @soozaphone medium.com/wellcome-data/…

We’re not going to find the next mental health breakthrough by working in silos. Multidisciplinary Mental Health Research is where it's at, and we'll be explaining how to do it well in our next #MentalHealthResearchMatters webinar! 5.30pm Thu 10 Nov eventbrite.co.uk/e/multidiscipl…

Most scientific studies focus on western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic (WEIRD) populations. But to improve health, we need to make our data less WEIRD and more diverse. Here’s one way we’re helping to bridge the data gap ⤵️ wellcome.org/news/African-P…

What would the perfect mental health dataset look like? @soozaphone, Research Lead for Metrics in our Mental Health team, shares her thoughts ⤵️ wellc.me/3Fvdlu5

Does childhood maltreatment cause mental health problems? Our new meta-analysis of 34 quasi-experimental studies (N~54k individuals) suggests a small causal effect of child maltreatment on mental health problems. Published today in AJP! American Psychiatric Association ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

🚨New pre-print! Why do ADHD parents tend to have ADHD children? Mainly because they share genes. Parental ADHD behaviours (F-path👇) had v little impact on their children’s ADHD behaviours. N=22k parents & 11k 8yo children psyarxiv.com/ng5b8 Thomas Kleppestø Fartein Ask Torvik 1/3

Genes associated with sexuality & reproduction also impact a range of other traits. These outcomes are particularly interesting for genetics because they show a snapshot of natural selection 🧬 Figure from nature.com/articles/s4156… More on natural selection link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34079068/

I am giving a free public lecture in Brighton as part of the British Neuroscience Association International Festival of Neuroscience in April 2023 *apparently from a deck chair 😉 However, you need to book a ticket: 🎟️meetings.bna.org.uk/BYOBbrighton/p… #BNA2023

The UK funds a number of internationally renowned longitudinal population studies. The data from these studies have been invaluable for analysing social as well as biomedical research questions and informing policy. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/01/24…

This message was written by a young person to their local MP. They are one of thousands more young people who are being made to wait far too long for the support they urgently need.

The Wolfson Summer School in Youth Mental Health Research is back! 🥳 In this 3-day virtual programme we aim to give prospective researchers and clinicians a grounding in the field of youth mental health. More info at: bit.ly/wolfsonsummers…

Curious about using the longitudinal cohort studies UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies for mental health research? Join us for this free 1-hour webinar on mental health measures in 4 national cohorts eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-healt… Pls retweet and share!!!