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Selected articles, chapters, and public-facing pieces from the lab and its collaborators.
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Selected high-impact papers
Associations between adolescent cannabis use and young-adult functioning in three longitudinal twin studies
Comparing twins who differed in adolescent cannabis use, much of cannabis's link to later mental health and cognition reflected shared family background — but links to lower educational and economic attainment persisted.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013180118Sensitive periods in development and risk for psychiatric disorders and related endpoints: A systematic review of child maltreatment findings
A systematic review of 118 studies finding that, despite the popular 'sensitive periods' idea, research has not yet pinpointed when in childhood maltreatment most raises psychiatric risk.
doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00362-5Association of childhood lead exposure with adult personality traits and lifelong mental health
Children with higher blood-lead levels tended to have slightly more mental-health problems and somewhat less adaptive adult personalities decades later, though the differences were small.
doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4192Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction
In the Dunedin cohort followed to age 38, only about 17% never developed a mental disorder — suggesting lasting freedom from disorder is the exception, not the rule.
doi.org/10.1037/abn0000232Essays and public-facing writing are collected on the Media page.