Apply to do a PhD investigating the link between neurodevelopmental and anxiety disorders across development, with me, Laura Howe, @franrice.bsky.social and Abby Russell as part of the @gw4alliance.bsky.social

Deadline 20th October

Please share!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thanks Phoebe! Yes all good thanks, hope you are too 😊

Pleased to share our latest paper where we used two genetically informed designs to examine irritability as a causal risk pathway to depression, using data from the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden (CATTS)!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@wolfsoncentre.bsky.social

A fruitful day! Exciting ideas emerging through connections and amazing talks by Kelly, @abbeyjrowe.bsky.social
from Cardiff and Doretta, Siobhan from Exeter!
@gw4alliance.bsky.social @drjennyallen.bsky.social @amyshakeshaft.bsky.social @cassandralowe.bsky.social @foteini-tseliou.bsky.social

On your marks, get set...GROW! 🌱

Applications for our GROW 2025 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. ‍💫

APPLY NOW 👇

mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/

🔉 We’re hiring!

Join our team as a Research Assistant and help uncover the genetic foundations of youth anxiety and depression. Be part of cutting-edge work to understand causes and improve how we support young people.

👉 We’d love to hear from you – apply now: bit.ly/CU19787BR

The Wolfson Summer School in Youth Mental Health Research is back! 🥳 

In this three-day virtual programme, we aim to give attendees an introduction to the field of youth mental health. 

📅 7 - 9 July
📍Online

See more and apply: bit.ly/wolfsonsummerschool (link in bio)

#WolfsonSummer25

However, there was indication of a causal link between migraine and depression in young people 🧠

4/4

Our results show that, while there are observed phenotypic associations between physical and mental health conditions in young people, Mendelian randomisation analysis indicated that for most of the physical health conditions investigated, the link is likely not causal.

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We use MoBa and iPSYCH cohorts, as well as Norwegian registry data, to investigate associations between long term physical health conditions in young people, such as migraine, diabetes and epilepsy, and depression and anxiety symptoms and diagnoses.

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📣 New paper! 📣

Long-term physical health conditions and youth anxiety and depression: is there a causal link?

doi.org/10.1017/S003...

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Come and work with us! We are hiring two psychology assistants to work on our adolescent depression prevention trial at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health. See Cardiff University vacancy 19395BR. Please share.

A miniature wire-haired dachshund!

Hello Bluesky! 👋

I’m dedicating my first post to my sausage dog, Susie 🐾

Will usually be posting about my research interests in #psychiatry, #genetics, #mentalhealth, #epidemiology etc… but with a few puppy photos in between!