E-Risk Study

Dr Flora Blangis shared E-Risk findings at the ISPCAN Congress in Vilnius 🌍 Some twins who faced tough childhoods are thriving at 30 🌱✨

Longitudinal research shows how resilience grows 💪📊

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🎓 Dr. Tom Canning pictured passing his PhD viva with no corrections!

His thesis included a key E-Risk Study paper linking childhood NOx exposure to increased risk of depression in early adulthood - a key contribution to environmental mental health research.

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👋 Excited to welcome Isabella to the E-Risk team!

She’s a PhD student at King’s College London, funded by ESRC LISS-DTP 🎓. Her research looks at how victimisation across childhood, adolescence & early adulthood affects mental health at age 30 🧠.

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First up: our study of expressed emotion in over 1,000 families taking part in the @eriskstudy.bsky.social study. What does expressed emotion tell us the parent-child relationship? And how can we use it to help identify children and families that need early support?

In a study published in the #JournalofChildPsychologyAndPsychiatry @acamh.bsky.social of over 2000 twins in @eriskstudy.bsky.social, we found that expressed emotion expressed by mothers when the children were 10 years old predicted mental health outcomes at ages 12 and 18.

Young people are shaping the future of mental health research 🧠✨

The McPin Foundation’s Young People’s Advisory Group is working with us at E-Risk@30, bringing lived experience, insight, and creativity to every stage 💬🔍

@mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social

A methylome-wide association study of major depression with out-of-sample case–control classification and trans-ancestry comparison - Nature Mental Health The authors report a meta-analysis of methylome-wide association studies, identifying 15 significant CpG sites linked to major depression, revealing associations with inflammatory markers and suggesti...

Thrilled the E-Risk Study twins contributed to a landmark meta-analysis! 🧬

DNA methylation shows strong ties to major depression & immune system involvement 🧠💥

#MentalHealthResearch #Epigenetics #Depression #ERiskStudy #Neuroscience

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Loneliness in young adulthood: a 12-year follow up in an epidemiological, genetically-sensitive cohort study at University of Greenwich on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Loneliness in young adulthood: a 12-year follow up in an epidemiological, genetically-sensitive cohort study at University of Greenwich, listed on FindAPhD.com

New funded PhD at the University of Greenwich 📚

Study loneliness from age 18–30 using twin data from the E-Risk Study.

Join a world-class team in London & explore how early adulthood shapes mental health.

Open to global applicants 🌍
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#PsychScience #fundedPhD

We decided to focus on advisory groups with a focus on emerging practice - not 'best' practice as this is a developing area, but what teams are reporting on in terms of their learning and practices.

Have you seen our paper on emerging best practice in PPI yet? 👉 rdcu.be/ezDE1

Our Director of Research @vanessapinfold.bsky.social says: "We hope it's useful to others doing public involvement work in mental health research. We've found it useful for reviewing our own processes & approaches.”

👯‍♀️ Our twin study team visited the King's Brain Bank 🧠 at IoPPN! We study how genes and life experiences shape mental health. Seeing how donated brain tissue helps research gave us a new perspective on how it all connects. @kingsioppn.bsky.social

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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Emotions that mothers express about their offspring are associated with offspring mental health during childhood, but little research has explored whether this extends into adolescence. W...

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...

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"I enjoy hearing about all the unique 🌈 and diverse things that make people feel happy 😊 and fulfilled at this life stage. It’s interesting seeing all the ways the twins are both similar and different to each other."
- Bethan, E-Risk Research Worker
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BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Can we reverse rising drug deaths? We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.

James Gallagher visited Professor Sir John Strang at the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility to see how he is experimenting with new ways of tackling rising drug deaths for an episode of @BBCRadio4 's 'Inside Health'.

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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! 📊🧠

- Sanaa, E-Risk Placement Student

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Our latest paper, tested he classic "Monday's Child" rhyme was E-Risk Study data 🧬 to see if the day of the week you're born predicts your personality or physical traits at age 18. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Paper 📝: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The E-Risk team are so grateful for all the personal and profound insights that the twins share with us. 🙏✨
Their commitment to sharing stories that can drive change and improve lives is truly inspiring. 📖💪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

“It's incredible to contribute to such a long-running, unique study that truly reflects the diversity of the UK population. This is a special team and we are here to go beyond the data and numbers to make a real impact.” 📊
- Stefan, E-Risk Data Manager @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

E-Risk began in 1998 when the twins were age 5, and now we are following up the twins at age 30. Watching this study and our team evolve over the years has been an incredible journey! 💪❤️ @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social

"I have worked for E-Risk since the twins were 10 years old! 🧑‍🦱 I love being part of a team who are using this information to positively influence policies and services. 💚" @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

- Jo, E-Risk Project Coordinator

All in the Mind - All About Twins - BBC Sounds Delving into the fascinating world of twin psychology.

We were excited to hear that the E-Risk Study was 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 👨‍👧‍👧📈 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

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Recent paper using Millennium Cohort & E-Risk data finds that childhood neighbourhood deprivation is linked to mental health issues in late adolescence, and identifies key protective factors 🧠🏘️
📄 Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

As the E-Risk Study PI, it’s a real honour to follow the twins’ lives over time. I’m excited to uncover how we enable young people to thrive🌱✨no matter what they were exposed to in the past and what they may bring to the situation genetically! @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Parenting in childhood predicts personality in early adulthood: A longitudinal twin-differences study - PubMed Personality traits such as openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness predict important life outcomes, and fostering them is therefore a major policy goal. A key modifiable factor that is thought ...

An E-Risk study paper led by Jasmin Wertz, showed that twins whose mothers were more affectionate in childhood grew up to be more open, conscientious, and agreeable, traits linked to greater success in adulthood. 🎉 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40244963/

"Being involved in this partnership between the E-Risk study and @inserm 🧬 allows us to explore protective factors in psychopathology 🧠 among poly-victimised children 👶, leveraging fantastic data 📊 and working with excellent researchers 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬."

- E-Risk Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Flora Blangis

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Despite the higher prevalence of childhood traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in autistic adults, research on trauma-related psychopathology and autistic trai.....

Excited to share my second first-author paper from my PhD research, open access now in JCPP! 📚

Autistic traits in childhood and post-traumatic stress disorder as young adults: a cohort study - doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...

Very grateful to @eriskstudy.bsky.social and TEDS for their collaboration!

"I joined E-Risk as a research worker 25 years ago and have been privileged to be welcomed into families' homes since the twins were 5 🏡👶👶. Without their stories with us, E-Risk wouldn't exist! Our twins (and their mums) are amazing!" 📖💙
- Becky, E-Risk Project Coordinator
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The E-Risk Study with Professor Helen Fisher & Rebecca Gray Podcast Episode · Behind the Stigma · 30/06/2023 · 1h 7m

Want to know more about what we do? Check out our podcast interview with Behind the Stigma, where Professor Helen Fisher & our Project Coordinator Rebecca Gray share key insights from the E-Risk study! 🎤✨
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fantastic news!

Congratulations to the team and the Lived Experience Advisory Board for their win today at the SSPP Impact Prize Awards!

Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study Receives £2.3m Funding The Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study has been backed by £2.3 million funding from the UKRI Medical Research Council to collect new follow-up data from twin participants at age 30.

The Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, co-led by @kingsioppn.bsky.social and @kingscsmh.bsky.social
have been funded to collect new follow-up data from twin participants 👭 It's been so exciting to see the twins at 30 & explore how their adult lives are taking shape! 🤩