We realised that despite having run our blog for over 5 years, and many of us using twin data, we had not yet written a brief overview of the twin method. Here Prof Thalia Eley provides a summary of the main principles underlying the approach. …
Alicia outlines findings from our recent paper investigating gene-environment correlation in the association between heritable traits and retrospective self-reports of childhood trauma.
In Part 1 of this blog series, Elisavet [EDIT Lab first-year PhD student] and Elena [EDIT Lab 2020-2021 MSc student] outlined the inherent limitations of not including more diverse – and thus representative – samples in GWASs. In Part 2 below, they discuss the ongoing efforts towards diversifying research at…
The month of October hosts UK Black History Month, World Mental Health Day, and the anniversary of the Human Genome Project. Inspired by all three, Elisavet [EDIT Lab first-year PhD student] and Elena [EDIT Lab 2020-2021 MSc student] discuss the need to diversify genetics research for the continual progress of…
Megan Skelton will outline findings from our recent paper “Self- reported medication use as an alternative phenotyping method for anxiety and depression in the UK Biobank”.
Alicia and Katie, EDIT Lab PhD student and research assistant, discuss what it is like to undertake a Masters degree at the SGDP Centre, reflecting on their experiences of studying Genes, Environment and Development in Psychology and Psychiatry (or GED-PP as it is known).
Jehannine Austin, Ph.D., CGC, is a past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In this blog she discusses how people can help protect their mental health when they may…
If you have a family history of a particular mental disorder there is a chance you have some of the genes associated with it. However this doesn’t mean that you will definitely develop that disorder, you just have a genetic predisposition to it. The genetic component to mental disorders is…
Mental health research does not aim to identify a single factor to “blame” for a disorder. Instead, researchers hope to understand the complex interplay of a number of different factors and use this information to generate new approaches to prevention and treatment. “Our mental health is the…
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