Milestone reached! 🎉 The E-Risk Study team has now seen over 1,300 twins 👯✨💙 A huge thank you 🙏 to all the twins and families 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 whose continued participation, time, and support make this important research possible. @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

We're incredibly lucky to work with dedicated researchers and participants who make this long-term research possible. Every conversation, visit, and shared experience contributes to a better understanding of life & wellbeing. 💙👯 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

For the first time in the E-Risk Study, we asked twins about their vaping habits 🧪👯 Tracking smoking and vaping in young adulthood helps us better understand health risks and inform future public health efforts 🫀 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🎥 Great to see E-Risk Principal Investigator Professor Helen Fisher featured on the @kingsioppn.bsky.social TikTok channel! Alongside fellow staff, she shared what inspires her work and why mental health research matters. 👏 www.tiktok.com/@kingsioppn/...

What drives researchers at our School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences? Learn about some of the biggest questions we chase in our research, what drives us, and about the School. #KCL #Science...

TikTok video by King's IoPPN

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🤝 Loneliness and social isolation often go hand in hand. New E-Risk findings highlight their lasting impact on mental health, wellbeing, and life outcomes. 💙📊 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Investigating the interplay of loneliness and social isolation across adolescence: Findings from a nationally representative longitudinal study | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core

Investigating the interplay of loneliness and social isolation across adolescence: Findings from a nationally representative longitudinal study

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Delighted to see this report published 🎉 A fascinating analysis of mothers’ speech and educational inequality using E-Risk Study data, funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org 🗨️🧑‍🎓 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/education/re...

The role of mothers’ speech in the transmission of family background inequality

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Are differences in mothers’ vocabulary and grammar 🗣linked to children’s outcomes at school📝? We explored this question using E-Risk data, click on the video below to find out more ⬇️🎞 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🌟 Meet Alannah, who has joined E-Risk as a Researcher! She's passionate about people-centred research that turns evidence into real-world impact📊. Outside of research, you'll find her hiking, running, or lost in a good book 📚 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

🎉 The E-Risk Study team was shortlisted for the IoPPN 2026 Collaborative Research Award! We're incredibly grateful to everyone who makes this research possible, especially our twin participants and their families 💙✨ @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

Childhood environments matter 🌍 Early disadvantage ↑ risk of adolescent psychotic experiences. E‑Risk findings suggest cognitive development 🧠 may partly explain this—highlighting a key point for early support 📊 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social academic.oup.com/schizophreni...

Socioenvironmental Adversity and Adolescent Psychotic Experiences: Exploring Potential Mechanisms in a UK Longitudinal Cohort

AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Children exposed to socioenvironmental adversities (eg, urbanicity, pollution, neighborhood deprivation, crime, and fami

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What’s new at Phase 30 of the E-Risk Study? 🎉 We’ve gone fully digital 💻, explored family life & future outlooks 🔮, and added topics like vaping and post-traumatic growth. All while continuing to track mental & physical health over time 📈💪 @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

How much do everyday conversations shape children’s learning? 🧠📚 A recent E-Risk paper led by Anna Brown explores how mothers’ speech relates to children’s development. Read the full paper 👇📝 pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/publicati... @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social

The role of mothers' speech for children's education beyond the early years

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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

Social isolation, loneliness, and inflammation: A multi-cohort investigation in early and mid-adulthood - PubMed

Social isolation and loneliness have been associated with poor health and increased risk for mortality, and inflammation might explain this link. We used data from the Danish TRIAGE Study of acutely a...

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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

Problematic technology use and sleep quality in young adulthood: novel insights from a nationally representative twin study - PubMed

Adolescent reported problematic use of digital technology is associated with poor sleep quality-even after controlling for familial factors including genetic confounds. Our results suggest that the as...

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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