Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsEssi Viding, PhD
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2026
Transdiagnostic profiles of socio‐affective functioning in adolescents at‐risk of poor mental health
Lloyd A, Astle D, Wu T, Steinbeis N, Chokhani R, Lucas L, Fearon P, Viding E. Transdiagnostic profiles of socio‐affective functioning in adolescents at‐risk of poor mental health. JCPP Advances 2026 DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.70137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health problemsSocio-affective functioningTask-based measuresAdolescents at-riskSocio-affectiveSocio-affective profileEmotional processingLevels of symptom severityMental healthHeightened riskSymptoms of mental health problemsEmotional risk factorsMental health symptomsMental health diagnosesMental health trialsTransdiagnostic symptomTransdiagnostic approachDiagnostic boundariesPoor mental healthQuestionnaire measuresSymptom severityHealth problemsPsychopathologyHealth symptomsEarly adolescencePathways into child and adolescent mental health services for anxiety and depression: The role of social and educational factors
Yoon Y, Deighton J, Wickersham A, Chui Z, Lewis S, Edbrooke-Childs J, Osborn D, Viding E, Jewell A, Downs J. Pathways into child and adolescent mental health services for anxiety and depression: The role of social and educational factors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2026, 1-10. PMID: 42287408, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-03084-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent mental health servicesMental health servicesReferral pathwaysFree school mealsPrimary careHealth servicesEffective mental health careSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustMaudsley NHS Foundation TrustMental health careYoung peopleCare of local authoritiesMental health supportEducational factorsLower educational attainmentNHS Foundation TrustSocio-demographic characteristicsDiagnosis of anxiety disorderAnxiety disordersMultinominal logistic regressionHealth supportHealth careFoundation TrustOld young peopleCAMHSPersonality and mental health as mediators linking childhood maltreatment to intimate partner violence victimization: a Mendelian randomization–direction of causation twin study
Pezzoli P, Barkhuizen W, Oginni O, Pingault J, McCrory E, Viding E. Personality and mental health as mediators linking childhood maltreatment to intimate partner violence victimization: a Mendelian randomization–direction of causation twin study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2026, 66: 101653. PMID: 42164343, PMCID: PMC13185925, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntimate partner violence victimizationIntimate partner violenceChildhood maltreatmentStructural equation modelingUK Twins Early Development StudyTwins Early Development StudyModerate phenotypic associationMental healthEarly Development StudyIntermediary phenotypesPsychiatric risk factorsEffects of maltreatmentBackground Childhood maltreatmentRisk of IPV victimizationIntimate partner violence riskLower well-beingPartner violence victimizationMental health developmentLinkage disequilibrium score regressionSignificant direct effectNo significant direct effectTwin studiesIPV victimizationViolence victimizationGenotyped subsampleDimensional Associations Between Conduct Problems and Brain Structure Across 18 International Cohorts in ENIGMA
Staginnus M, Gao Y, Townend S, Zugman A, Zhang J, Wu Q, Westerman H, Viding E, Vermeiren R, van der Wee N, Townsend C, Sun X, Sully K, Sukhodolsky D, Stadler C, Sonuga-Barke E, Smaragdi A, Sethi A, Schumann G, Schulze U, Santosh P, Salum G, Sagar-Ouriaghli I, Rogers J, Roberts R, Raschle N, Ploe M, Phillips H, Penzol M, Pauli R, Pan P, Oosterling M, Mycue L, Murphy D, Monk C, Mitchell C, Ming Q, Michalska K, Martinot J, Martinelli A, Marsh A, Ma R, Lamers K, Kypta-Vivanco A, Konrad K, Kohls G, Jiang Y, Jackson R, Jackowski A, Jabeen N, Ibrahim K, Hyde L, Holla B, Hoekstra P, González-Madruga K, Glennon J, Freitag C, Franke B, Dykstra A, Dong D, Dietrich A, Díaz D, Desrivières S, De La Serna E, Cubillo A, Craig M, Cornwell H, Colins O, Chester S, Castro-Fornieles J, Cardinale E, Burt S, Buitelaar J, Brandeis D, Bokde A, Boateng C, Blair R, Bernhard A, Berluti K, Benegal V, Banaschewski T, Bajaj S, Arango C, Jahanshad N, Thomopoulos S, Ching C, Kang M, Thompson P, Aghajani M, Baskin-Sommers A, Cecil C, Dugré J, Klapwijk E, Pine D, Walton E, De Brito S, Fairchild G. Dimensional Associations Between Conduct Problems and Brain Structure Across 18 International Cohorts in ENIGMA. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2026 PMID: 41833812, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2026.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCallous-unemotional traitsBrain structuresConduct problemsNeurocognitive modelsCortical thicknessLevels of callous-unemotional traitsAssociated with cortical thicknessStructural brain MRI scansDimensional measurementsConduct disorderSubcortical volumesNeuroanatomical differencesHippocampal volumeBrain MRI scansIntracranial volumeYoung childrenBrainNegative associationMRI scansModeratelyYouthTraitsPsychopathologyIQSexLinking interpersonal childhood adversity to mental health: A scoping review of trust, mentalizing, agency and interpersonal emotion regulation as candidate social-transactional mechanisms
Chokhani R, Lloyd A, Viding E, Gerin M, McCrory E. Linking interpersonal childhood adversity to mental health: A scoping review of trust, mentalizing, agency and interpersonal emotion regulation as candidate social-transactional mechanisms. Clinical Psychology Review 2026, 125: 102722. PMID: 41762964, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2026.102722.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsInterpersonal emotion regulationPersonality disorder symptomsMental health outcomesAdverse childhood experiencesChildhood adversityEmotion regulationDisorder symptomsExternal locusExternal locus of controlLocus of controlMental health difficultiesTask-based studiesPsychosis symptomsInternalizing symptomsInterpersonal adversityHealth difficultiesHealth outcomesChildhood experiencesMental statesSelf-ReportIntervention researchMental healthMentalAdversityPsychosisThe nature and nurture of primary and secondary callous–unemotional traits: evidence from two independent twin samples
Tomlinson R, Pezzoli P, Viding E, De Brito S, Klump K, Burt S, Hyde L. The nature and nurture of primary and secondary callous–unemotional traits: evidence from two independent twin samples. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2026, 67: 988-997. PMID: 41486957, PMCID: PMC13170624, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.70107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEtiology of CU traitsCU traitsGenetic influencesChild anxietyChronic trajectoryParent-reported child anxietyTrajectories of conduct problemsChild CU traitsCallous-unemotional traitsNonshared environmental influencesPopulation-based twin cohortChildhood maltreatmentTwin sampleHigher anxietyAnxietySecondary variantsConduct problemsPrimary variantsTwin cohortEnvironmental influencesTraitsEffective treatmentChildrenPersonalized treatmentMaltreatment
2025
‘Hanger’ and beyond: Measuring hunger-related mood dysregulation and its links with mental health, functioning and task-based mood induction
Copps M, Vidal-Ribas P, Sadek L, Llewellyn C, Herle M, Breen G, Allen K, Carnegie A, Qi L, Chandler-Wilde R, Kakar S, Smith I, Joormann J, Viding E, Stringaris A. ‘Hanger’ and beyond: Measuring hunger-related mood dysregulation and its links with mental health, functioning and task-based mood induction. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 397: 120924. PMID: 41407121, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMood dysregulationMental healthMeasure individual differencesWorsening of moodAssociated with mental healthHistory of mental health disordersMeal scoresMental health disordersConfirmatory factor analysisAssociated with irritabilitySelf-reported functionIrritability subscaleMood inductionEating DisordersIndividual differencesLow moodMood changesPsychometric propertiesSomatic feelingsMoodHealth disordersFactor analysisAnxietyDepressionQualitative responsesPositive and Negative Parenting Practices and Offspring Disruptive Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Karwatowska L, Solmi F, Baldwin J, Jaffee S, Viding E, Pingault J, De Stavola B. Positive and Negative Parenting Practices and Offspring Disruptive Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of Quasi-Experimental Evidence. Psychological Bulletin 2025, 151: 1363-1381. PMID: 41428512, PMCID: PMC12720486, DOI: 10.1037/bul0000495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisruptive behavior disordersDisruptive behavior disorder symptomsNegative parenting practicesMeta-analytic reviewParenting practicesMultilevel random effects meta-analysesModeration analysisAssociated with disruptive behavior disordersSocietal burdenEffects of negative parentingRandom-effects meta-analysesPotential sources of heterogeneityGlobal prevalenceCausal effectsEvidence of heterogeneityPositive parenting practicesSchool-aged childrenQuasi-experimental methodSources of heterogeneityHealth careNegative parentingStudy qualityDisruptive behaviorBehavioral disordersMeta-analysesAdvancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index
Gerin M, Viding E, Armbruster‑Genç D, Roiser J, McCrory E. Advancing prevention science for maltreatment exposed children: predicting mental health symptoms with a combined neurocognitive vulnerability index. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2025, 35: 835-843. PMID: 41123603, PMCID: PMC13212408, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-025-02838-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-maltreated peersNeurocognitive vulnerabilityReward processingSocial cognitionSymptom increaseDomains of social cognitionMental health symptomsGroup-level differencesMental health problemsNeurocognitive tasksChildhood maltreatmentMaltreatment severitySymptom changePoor mental healthPsychiatric symptomsNeurocognitive alterationsHealth symptomsBaseline symptomsMaltreatmentMental healthDemographic riskHeightened riskPrevention sciencePreliminary findingsCognitionThe need for a science of patient and public involvement and participation in child and adolescent mental health research
Singh I, Viding E, Spencer L, Austin C, Kokan Z, Stringaris A. The need for a science of patient and public involvement and participation in child and adolescent mental health research. Nature Mental Health 2025, 3: 1311-1317. DOI: 10.1038/s44220-025-00497-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research