Longitudinal Science Conference
On the 12th and 13th October 2017, WCHADS hosted the conference, Longitudinal Development Science from Birkenhead to Bangalore: sex differences and pathways from pregnancy to child and adolescent mental health problems.
Here you will be able to view video recordings of all of the talks from the conference and the accompanying slides available to download.
Programme - Longitudinal Developmental Science Conference (pdf, 3.6MB)
Day one – Sex differences and pathways from pregnancy to child and adolescent mental health problems
Welcome
Prof Helen Sharp, University of Liverpool
PDF - Slides Available (304KB)
Introduction – How can Longitudinal Developmental Science inform our understanding of child mental health in Western and low and middle-income settings?
Prof Jonathan Hill, University of Reading
PDF - Slides Available (359KB)
Why are there such large differences in boys’ and girls’ rates of emotional and behavioural disorders, and why does it matter?
Prof Barbara Maughan, King’s College London
PDF - Slides Available (630KB)
The development of aggression: Why do girls and boys become so different?
Prof Dale Hay, Cardiff University
PDF - Slides Available (1,247KB)
Insights into sex differences in pathways to child psychopathology from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study.
Prof Jonathan Hill, University of Reading
PDF - Slides Available (1,929KB)
Early life influences on the epigenome: evidence for sex-specific effects?
Dr Kieran O'Donnell, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Epigenetic programming by early life stress: translational approaches from rodent to human and back.
Dr Chris Murgatroyd, Manchester Metropolitan University
PDF - Slides Available (2.9MB)
Gender differences in young adulthood: the South London Child Development Study.
Dr Susan Pawlby, King's College London
The role of cortisol reactivity in the translation of CU traits to aggression: evidence for sex specific pathways
Dr Nicky Wright, University of Liverpool
PDF - Slides Available (476KB)
Why are associations between maternal cortisol in pregnancy and early infant behaviours so different in boys and girls?
Dr Elizabeth Braithwaite, University of Reading and University of Oxford
PDF - Slides Available (898KB)
Gender differences in play and imagination
Salim Hashmi, Cardiff University
PDF - Slides Available (1,022KB)
Sex difference, mechanisms underlying psychopathology and implications for treatments and clinical services.
Round table discussion with audience questions
Day two – Longitudinal developmental science and global child mental health
On critical periods and reverse causality. Recent results from the Generation R birth cohort
Prof Henning Tiemeier, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, Netherlands
PDF - Slides Available (3.8MB)
The persistent impact of being bullied during childhood and adolescence: Implications of policy and practice
Prof Louise Arseneault, King's College London
PDF - Slides Available (2.4MB)
Long-term sequelae of early deprivation: the young adult follow up of the English and Romanian Adoptees study.
Prof Barbara Maughan, King’s College London
PDF - Slides Available (604KB)
Born in Bradford is growing up - 10 years of Epidemiology, engagement and intervention
Dr Rosie Eachan, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
PDF - Slides Available (3.6MB)
From Birkenhead to Bangalore - investigating shared and distinctive perinatal risks for child mental health
Prof Helen Sharp, University of Liverpool
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Cultural issues in assessing maternal mental health and mother infant interactions in the Bangalore Child Health and Development cohort study.
Dr Geetha Desai, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience , India
PDF - Slides Available (1,089KB)
Conceptualising cross cultural differences in early caregiving: comparative levels of instruction and mind-mindedness
Laura Bozicevic, University of Liverpool
PDF - Slides Available (971KB)
MRC Global Mental Health Strategy.
Dr Rachael Panizzo, Programme Manager for Mental Health and Addiction Medical Research Council UK
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Future priorities and directions for mental health research
Round table discussion with audience questions. Chair: Shoba Srinath (retired), NIMHANS, India