2023
Independent Prediction of Child Psychiatric Symptoms by Maternal Mental Health and Child Polygenic Risk Scores
Chen L, Pokhvisneva I, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Kvist T, Baldwin J, Parent C, Silveira P, Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Glover V, O'Connor T, Meaney M, O'Donnell K. Independent Prediction of Child Psychiatric Symptoms by Maternal Mental Health and Child Polygenic Risk Scores. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 63: 640-651. PMID: 37977417, PMCID: PMC11105503, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.08.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrenatal maternal depressionMaternal mental healthMaternal depressionAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderChild psychiatric symptomsPolygenic risk scoresPsychiatric symptomsRisk scoreMental healthFetal originGenomic riskAvon Longitudinal StudySimilar independent effectsAdolescent psychiatric symptomsHealth hypothesisMaternal symptomsChild CohortIndependent cohortBehavioral symptomsALSPAC cohortMental disordersSymptom dataSymptomsCohortChildren's symptoms
2021
Internalizing symptoms associate with the pace of epigenetic aging in childhood
Tollenaar MS, Beijers R, Garg E, Nguyen TTT, Lin DTS, MacIsaac JL, Shalev I, Kobor MS, Meaney MJ, O'Donnell KJ, de Weerth C. Internalizing symptoms associate with the pace of epigenetic aging in childhood. Biological Psychology 2021, 159: 108021. PMID: 33460784, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced biological agingChildhood psychiatric symptomsAge 6Longitudinal cohort studyInternalizing symptomsBiological agingChild mental healthCohort studyBuccal epithelial cellsPsychiatric symptomsSymptomsMental healthEpithelial cellsInternalizing disordersStatistical significanceAge 2.5Highest EAAExternalizing symptomsChildhoodEpigenetic agingHorvath clockGenome-wide DNA methylationEAA
2014
The persisting effect of maternal mood in pregnancy on childhood psychopathology
O'Donnell KJ, Glover V, Barker ED, O'Connor TG. The persisting effect of maternal mood in pregnancy on childhood psychopathology. Development And Psychopathology 2014, 26: 393-403. PMID: 24621564, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579414000029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal anxietyMaternal moodPostnatal maternal moodLongitudinal studyMaternal prenatal anxietyLarge community samplePrenatal maternal moodOccasions of measurementPsychiatric symptomsChild mental disordersChild psychiatric symptomsEmotional problemsCommunity sampleAvon Longitudinal StudyEmotional symptomsChildhood psychopathologyPostnatal moodAge 4MoodAnxietyPersisting effectProgramming hypothesisMental disordersPrenatal depressionMajor models