Dr Andrew Smith's Outputs (3)

Association between the timing of childhood adversity and epigenetic patterns across childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective cohort (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Childhood adversity is a potent determinant of health across development and is associated with altered DNA methylation signatures, which might be more common in children exposed during sensitive periods in development. However, it remain... Read More about Association between the timing of childhood adversity and epigenetic patterns across childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective cohort.

Home and epigenome: How DNA methylation could explain the association between housing quality and depression (2023)
Journal Article

Poor housing quality is a consistent risk factor for mental health problems. Despite the large body of evidence for housing’s relationship with mental health, housing quality as an environmental stressor has not yet been investigated with regards to... Read More about Home and epigenome: How DNA methylation could explain the association between housing quality and depression.

Sensitive periods for the effect of child maltreatment on psychopathology symptoms in adolescence (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: Child maltreatment is among the strongest risk factors for mental disorders. However, little is known about whether there are ages when children may be especially vulnerable to its effects. We sought to identify potential sensitive peri... Read More about Sensitive periods for the effect of child maltreatment on psychopathology symptoms in adolescence.