SGDP Centre KCL

Excited about our new preprint: 1st successful genome-wide study of >61,000 panic attack & 29,000 panic disorder cases. medrxiv.org/content/10.1... We find 17 variants & evidence that peripheral neurons in eye, lungs & heart are involved in panic & other psychiatric disorders 1/n

Seminar @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN with Yujing Lin, Iona Pickett and Alice Quinton on Thursday 19th June 2025, 10:00-11:00am.

In a survey of 300,000 adolescents aged 12-17 years, 30% reported having been bullied in the past 30 days. IoPPN researchers develoepd the Adolescent Adverse Experiences framework to unpick how this adversity might lead to mental health conditions. Read: kcl.ac.uk/framework-for-…

We were excited to hear the @ERiskstudy 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 @kcsamh @SGDPCentreKCL Click the link below to have a listen😃 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 Pride is more than a moment - LGBTQ+ mental health matters every day. Your story, your struggles, and your joy all deserve space. Let’s keep showing up for each other during Pride and always. 💖 gladstudy.org.uk

Loneliness is an increasing issue for men. Community is vital for good mental health. Yet many men, particularly young men, face challenges in making the connections we all need. We explore why: tinyurl.com/yntb9c3t #MensHealthWeek #LonelinessAwarenessWeek

We're running a study to understand experiences of worry & stress among people from South Asian, Black, or mixed ethnic backgrounds, especially men. Participants must be UK-based & over 18. More detail in the images. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/lensstudy @GLADStudy

Delighted to see this paper out - it was a real collaboration between researchers, brain bank teams and neuropathologists.

Seminar @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN with Giulia Trotta, Asifa Rapaiee and Aitana Padilla Requerey on Thursday 12th June 2025, 10:00-11:00am.

Delighted to share this new study led by @lgilchrist1 now published in @BMCMedicine Here we performed comprehensive analyses exploring how plasma metabolites may causally influence psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases. Some of our key findings below 🧵

Researchers @KingsCollegeLon @QMULBartsTheLon @UCLBrainScience have found #genetic factors that may make people more sensitive to the environments they experience. The study in @NatureHumBehav is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date. 🔗kcl.ac.uk/news/largest-t…

Seminar @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN with Vid Mlakar, Miryam Schattner and Senta Häussler on Thursday 5th June 2025, 10:00-11:00am.

@LPFTNHS & @GLADStudy invite you to join the world's largest ever study of anxiety & depression 👉gladstudy.org.uk The study is inviting people who have experienced symptoms of anxiety & depression as well as those who have not #anxiety #depression #mentalhealth #takepart

🚨 Preprint 🚨 SSRI #antidepressant users report on whether drugs ‘helped’ them. In @uk_biobank’s 2nd Mental Health Q, - 20k respondents reported on - 4 SSRI antidepressants, answering ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to whether specific drugs helped What do these reports capture? 1/7

🧠 Can parenting shape who we become? Jasmin Wertz's paper using data from E-Risk finds that maternal affection in childhood (ages 5–10) predicts personality traits at age 18, even between identical twins👯‍♂️ @The_MRC @SGDPCentreKCL @kcsamh @KingsIoPPN pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40244963/

Exciting and important news from ⁦@BiBresearch⁩ - demonstrating how research can change a city and a generation ⁦@drrosiemc⁩ ⁦@JoinUsMovePlay⁩ theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

🎧 Bridging Disciplines: Highlights from the 2025 IoPPN Research Festival The final episode of the 2025 #IoPPNfestival podcast, from @Mental_Elf, is now live. It features Dr Darren Williams from the IoPPN. Listen now wherever you get your pods! youtu.be/Q8l6e00HmfE?si…

Seminar @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN with Joanna Bright, Queenie Siu and Filip Marzecki on Thursday 29th May 2025, 10:00-11:00am.

Who benefits from antidepressants? New research from IoPPN (@cathrynlewis, @chrislowh) shows how measuring antidepressant ‘switching can help scientists and clinicians understand why antidepressants work for some people and not for others kcl.ac.uk/news/who-benef…

Thanks to my lovely co-authors @_trielena @Vaughanparsons1 @t_matth @L_Arseneault🌞 Read more below ⬇️ @LCWH5 @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN @kcsamh @fdn4sociconnect @endlonelinessuk doi.org/10.1007/s00127…