Childhood social isolation 🚶‍♀️ → higher inflammation at 18 in E-Risk 🔥 But only suPAR holds after adjustments, and twin comparisons suggest shared family factors, not isolation alone, explain the link 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37992788/ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Does tech use affect sleep in young people? 📱💤 Using E-Risk data, problematic digital tech use was linked to poorer sleep even after accounting for genetics & family factors 💡 Click below to find out more 🔽 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37106487/ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Proud of Sanaa, our 2025–26 E-Risk placement student 🧑‍🎓, for her lightning talk ⚡ on rater agreement in ADHD assessments for E-Risk twins 👬🗒️ Thanks for all your hard work—we’ll miss you! 💜✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

It's Mental Health Awareness Week 💚 This year's theme is Action, for yourself, for someone else, for all of us. A reminder that progress in #MentalHealth knowledge, treatment, and policy depends on collective effort. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #TakeAction #MentalHealthResearch 🧵1/6

🎉We are celebrating 2,500+ datasets on the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets! This milestone wouldn't be possible without our funder @wellcometrust.bsky.social, #livedexperience experts, and community of users! Thank you for supporting the Atlas! Find 2,500+ datasets on atlaslongitudinaldatasets.ac.uk

We asked E-Risk twins at age 30: what’s one goal for 2026? Top answers: 🏡 Buying a home 💪 Getting healthier 💰 Saving money ✨ Making memories @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Meet Catherine 🎊 who recently joined E-Risk as a Research Worker! "My research ambitions are to make all research as accessible, inclusive, and representative as possible. In my free time I love engaging with the arts in all its form 🎨 " @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Nearly 30 years of twin research 🧬 From age 5 to 30 — and counting. Huge thanks to our participants for making longitudinal research possible 🎉 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Childhood victimization doesn’t define the future. Over ⅓ of affected E-Risk twins showed flourishing by age 18—especially in social support, sleep, and education. 💛📚 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎉 A huge milestone for #ERisk30 — over 1,000 twins seen. Enormous thanks to the entire team who made this possible 💙 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🧠 Prospective vs. retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment often flag different people 🧑 🔍 More social support & better mental health → less retrospective recall 🔍 Higher SES & more positive family functioning → harder prospective detection @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🧠🌍 A recent E‑Risk finding shows a small link between higher childhood NOx exposure and later depression. No strong links for other pollutants — but clean air still matters for young people’s mental health 🩵 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Welcome Marta, the newest member of the E‑Risk team! “Meeting the twins at 30 is a rare chance to explore identity, relationships, and wellbeing from childhood into adulthood 🧑‍🧒. I can't wait to get started with the team!” 💙 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Meet Anna, our new Research Assistant! 🎉 “I’m thrilled to be joining the E‑Risk Study team 😊 I’m grateful for the chance to contribute to such impactful research ✨ I can’t wait to meet the amazing twins who make this work possible 👯‍♀️” @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

E‑Risk twins grew up offline, entered adulthood online yet friendships stayed strong 🫂 56% had 1–4 close friends, 40% had 5 or more. 💛 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Across three cohorts, including the E-Risk Study, a paper led by Dr Kyle Bourassa found that young people with lifetime PTSD show elevated suPAR at age 18, a marker of chronic inflammation. A key insight into how trauma shapes long‑term health. 📚✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🧬📚 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

A 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

How 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

First 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?

In 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

Have 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

James 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