Elisavet and Iona, PhD students in the EDIT Lab, write about women’s mental health in the perinatal period and the current interventions available.
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Inspired by the focus groups the EDIT Lab conducted with participants from the Twins Early Development Study, EDIT Lab members Aliyah (placement student) and Elisavet (PhD student) write about anxiety in emerging adulthood.
This Black History Month, placement students Aliyah (EDIT Lab) and Tin Tin (BioResource) highlight the complex racial disparities which exist within mental health treatment and care, and discuss a range of changes that can be made, on an individual and structural level, to address this systemically in the workplace. …
Filip is a second year PhD student at the Department of Psychology and the SGDP Centre at KCL. He’s interested in genetically-informed research methods, self-harm and young people’s mental health.
There is a rise in mental health concerns among children and young people. In this week’s blog, we look at national mental health initiatives and their respective approaches in addressing this issue. In recent years, there has been a rise in concern for…
Shifting the focus from just 'vulnerability.' In this blog, Alicia Peel explores differential susceptibility and how it develops our understanding of the gene-environment interaction. Alicia Peel, EDIT Lab PhD student Why is it that not all people who experience the same event will react in...
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The Anti-Bullying Alliance, a coalition of various institutions and individuals hosted by the National Children’s Bureau, has organised various events and activities happening this week. These activities focus on initiating meaningful conversations about bullying, finding concrete means to address this issue, and providing useful tools to help support children and…
World Mental Health Day, taking place on October 10th, aims to combat stigma and raise awareness for mental health. To celebrate, members of the EDIT Lab have reflected on why mental health and well-being should be a global priority and the role of research in meeting this goal. Three...
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PhD student Katherine Thompson outlines findings from her recent paper investigating trajectories of social isolation.
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…
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