E-Risk Study
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.
- 🧬📚 How do genes, families, and schools shape learning? This paper led by Dr Alexandra Starr looks at how researchers untangle genetics from environment across childhood and countries, using E-Risk Study data🌍👯♀️ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social
- We’re delighted to announce that the E‑Risk Team has now interviewed over 900 twins! 👯✨ A huge thank‑you to all the twins who’ve taken part — we can’t wait to meet the rest of you! 💙 @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- 🧠 Why do reports of childhood maltreatment change over time? Our research shows shifts between childhood records and self-reports at 18: 1️⃣ Some harms weren’t recognised earlier 2️⃣ Recalling/sharing later isn’t easy 3️⃣ People reinterpret experiences over time Each report adds something important 💡
- 📱 New research with E‑Risk! Dr Timothy Matthews (Psychology Lecturer at Greenwich University) explores how young people’s online habits relate to loneliness. 🎮More TV, gaming & web use → higher loneliness 🤳 Social media platforms? No clear link @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- The E-Risk Study has the privilege of meeting incredible people from all walks of life 🌍 We’ve loved catching up with our twins as they hit the big 3-0 🎉 These experiences will help shape future work in child development and mental health 🧠💪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyA special thank you to all E-Risk participants and the @eriskstudy.bsky.social team for making this research possible. Co-authors: Flora Blangis, @niamhdooley.bsky.social =, Helen Fisher, Tim Matthews, and @candiceodgers.bsky.social
- 💬 How we talk to our children matters, long after childhood. New findings from the E-Risk Study show that maternal warmth and negativity at age 10 are linked to mental health in adolescence. 📽 Watch Dr Alice Wickersham explain more in this video. @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- 🌱 Early intervention matters for young people’s mental health 🧠 E-Risk PI Helen Fisher joins @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social calling for more research into what puts young people at risk and what protects them. eriskstudy.com/https://www....
- 🚨 We’re hiring! Join the team behind the E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study 🧬 📌 4 Research Assistant posts 🎥 Conduct online interviews with twins turning 30 🔗 Apply now: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/131185-... ⏳ Deadline: Dec 10 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyHow is air pollution in childhood linked to mental ill-health later in life? We’ve supported recent research suggesting that policies to reduce children’s exposure to air pollution may help reduce depression in early adulthood. Read the full publication here: mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
- Curious about how home environments influence kids’ emotional skills? 🌱 Our recent paper led by Dr Helen Milojevich looks at family factors and children’s social–emotional growth. Check it out 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41058470/ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
- 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
- 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
- 🎉 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
- 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
- 🎓 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/
- 👋 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 🧠. @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyFirst 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?
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyIn 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
- 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...
- 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
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyHave 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 #TwinStudy #BrainBank #ERiskStudy
- 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
- "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 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyJames 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
- 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
- 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/...
- 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
- 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
- Reposted by E-Risk StudyExcited 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 @kingsioppn.bsky.social
- 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! 🎤✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
- Reposted by E-Risk Studyfantastic news! Congratulations to the team and the Lived Experience Advisory Board for their win today at the SSPP Impact Prize Awards!
