Family Relationship Influences on Children’s Mental Health
Chowen lecture theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS)
The development of mental health problems among youth constitutes an area of significant social, clinical and public health concern. The primary focus of this presentation is to examine the relative role of genetic and family environmental influences on children’s emotional and behavioural development. Specifically, a complementary array of genetically sensitive and longitudinal research designs will be employed to examine the role of early environmental adversity relative to inherited factors in accounting for individual differences in children’s symptoms of psychopathology (e.g. depression, aggression, ADHD). Examples of recent applications of this research to the development of evidence-based intervention programmes will also be presented.
This is an open public event and everyone is welcome to attend, but please book your place as numbers are limited.
The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.
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