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E-Risk Study
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Nationally representative cohort of 2232 same-sex twin children born in 1994-1995 across England & Wales. Aims to improve understanding of the aetiology of mental health and behavioural problems to inform prevention.
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Growing up in deprived neighborhoods can impact adolescent mental health, but protective factors like self-esteem and parenting matter.

🎬 Dr Rachel Latham shares a 2-min summary of the findings from the MCS & E-Risk.

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The E-Risk study shows how early life shapes adulthood, and young people are helping guide the research! 🙌

Their voices are making sure the right questions get asked. 🔍❤️

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🎉 Huge congratulations to Stefan, our E-Risk Data Manager, for winning the King’s Technical Services Award! 🏆👏

Thanks for keeping the study running smoothly behind the scenes! 💻🔍

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

#ERiskStudy #KingsAward #DataManagement #ResearchSupport
October 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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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 💪📊

@kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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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.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41033691/
October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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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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October 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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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?
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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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.
September 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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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
September 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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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

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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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 🌍
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PsychScience #fundedPhD
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
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September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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.”
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.
September 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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👯‍♀️ 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

#TwinStudy #BrainBank #ERiskStudy
August 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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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...

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
<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...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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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August 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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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'.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#IoPPNInTheNews
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.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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

@kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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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/...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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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
July 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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“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
July 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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
June 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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"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
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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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

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All in the Mind - All About Twins - BBC Sounds
Delving into the fascinating world of twin psychology.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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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
Understanding and mitigating associations between childhood neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health in two UK birth cohorts | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Understanding and mitigating associations between childhood neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health in two UK birth cohorts
www.cambridge.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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
May 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM