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.

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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. 🔍❤️

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🎉 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! 💻🔍

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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 💪📊

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🎓 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.

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👋 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 🧠.

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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 💬🔍

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👯‍♀️ 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

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"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
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I’m super excited to join E-Risk! 𐀪𐀪 I’m looking forward to gaining hands-on experience, and seeing how the data we work with can help us better understand different mental health disorders! 📊🧠

- Sanaa, E-Risk Placement Student

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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

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

"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

"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
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