Longitudinal cohort study
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Mortality risk following self-harm in young people: a population cohort study using the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of young people who present with self-harm; quantify the risk of suicide and other causes of death during follow up, and to identify factors associated with mortality risk’. Emma Ross (pic) et al.
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Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of aggressive behaviour: a longitudinal population-based study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We examined the association between aggressive behaviour, as measured by Life History of Aggression (LHA) total score and DNAm levels both assessed at age 25.’ Ehsan Pishva (pic) et al.
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Commentary: Modeling the malleable mental health trajectory – a commentary on Oldehinkel and Ormel (2023)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In their Annual Research Review, Oldehinkel & Ormel argue that psychological and psychiatric researchers should not only compare groups but also focus on the within-person variability using repeated measurements in longitudinal studies to advance our understanding of emotional and behavioral problems. I argue adopting such within-person approaches might also change how we think about causality and might lead us to more successful intervention research.’ Henning Tiemeier
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Childhood mental health difficulties mediate the long-term association between early-life adversity at age 3 and poorer cognitive functioning at ages 11 and 14
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we test the hypothesis that early-life adversity may lead to mental health challenges which in turn have adverse consequences for the development of cognitive abilities.’ Tochukwu Nweze (pic) et al.
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Factors related to retention in a longitudinal study of infants at familial risk for autism
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We examined multiple child- and family-level factors potentially associated with retention in a longitudinal study of younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder or typical development.’ Sally Ozonoff et al.
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Factors mitigating the harmful effects of intimate partner violence on adolescents’ depressive symptoms—A longitudinal birth cohort study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘This study assessed the extent to which positive experiences were associated with depressive symptoms among children with and without experience of intimate partner violence.’ Dawid Gondek et al.
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Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: A prospective population study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘The aim of the current study was therefore to address the current gap in the evidence to investigate the social, emotional and behavioural outcomes of children with persistent speech disorder in older childhood using data from a large prospective, population-based sample’. Yvonne Wren (pic) et al.
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The role of inflammation in the prospective associations between early childhood sleep problems and ADHD at 10 years: findings from a UK birth cohort study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “We investigate (a) the association between early childhood sleep and probable ADHD diagnosis in childhood and (b) whether childhood circulating inflammatory markers mediate these prospective associations”. Isabel Morales-Muñoz (pic) et al.
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Socioeconomic and sex inequalities in parent-reported adolescent mental ill-health: time trends in four British birth cohorts
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “Studies using symptom-based screeners have suggested that mental ill-health has increased in adolescents in recent decades, however, few studies have tested the equivalence of their instruments, which is critical for inferring changes in prevalence”. Eoin McElroy (pic) et al.
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Explaining the influence of non-shared environment (NSE) on symptoms of behaviour problems from preschool to adulthood: mind the missing NSE gap
Open Access paper from the JCPP – “We assessed the extent to which variance in behaviour problem symptoms during the first two decades of life can be accounted for by measured NSE effects after controlling for genetics and shared environment”. Agnieszka Gidziela et al.
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