Prof Helen L. Fisher
@HelenLFisher
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Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at IoPPN, KCL. Researching biopsychosocial & environmental risk & protective factors for young people's mental health
Joined November 2011
Headlines spark fear, but facts matter—join us to explore the real impact of #SocialMedia and #AI on young minds. Register for evidence-led insights & strategies to help teens thrive! With Prof. Candice Odgers of @UCIrvine. From just £5! https://t.co/pEiwmTVP1O
#Parenting #CAMH
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Adolescents spend much of their lives online and adults are increasingly worried that screen time, social media, and now artificial intelligence (AI) will harm their mental health. Media reports of...
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🚨 Episode 1 of PodMind is live! 🎙️ Feat. Professors Ann John & Rob Stewart, co-directors of DATAMIND: 📖 The story behind DATAMIND ⚡ Key challenges + milestones 🏛️ Data science driving mental health change ➡️ Listen now: https://t.co/WoVV9nobk5
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✨ One week to go! We're looking for a new Director. Find out more about the role and apply on the CLS website: https://t.co/FWE45OZTPI
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Can maternal warmth or negativity at age 10 shape adolescent mental health 💚🧠? Using identical twin comparisons, this study uncovers how emotional parenting influences outcomes at ages 12 & 18 👩👧👦📊 📄 Read: https://t.co/rqS9Y7QlO5
@The_MRC @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN @kcsamh
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Background Emotions that mothers express about their offspring are associated with offspring mental health during childhood, but little research has explored whether this extends into adolescence....
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I’m super excited to join E-Risk! 𐀪𐀪 I’m looking forward to gaining hands-on experience, and seeing how the data we work with can help us better understand different mental health disorders! 📊🧠@The_MRC @SGDPCentreKCL @kcsamh @KingsIoPPN - Sanaa, E-Risk Placement Student
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Welcome to the best post-graduate psychiatry training scheme in the world. @MaudsleyNHS @KingsIoPPN @WesselyS
We welcome Professor Derek Tracy, Chief Medical Officer at South London and Maudsley as he greets Residents and talks about their upcoming experience #residentdoctor #medicaleducation
#psychiatry #maudsleytrainingprogramme
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📢 @TheJCPP are seeking #EarlyCareerResearchers (within 10 years of being awarded their PhD) with expertise in the field of child and adolescent #Psychology & #Psychiatry to become part of our ECR Reviewer Panel. Find out more at https://t.co/ITwfAXRH3E DEADLINE 12 August
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The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP) and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal, published by the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, are seeking early...
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The classic "Monday's Child" rhyme was tested using E-Risk data 🎶to see if the day of the week you're born predicts your personality or physical traits at age 18. @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN @The_MRC @kcsamh Paper: 📝 https://t.co/Zy7Dr5PHGh [Photo by Tara Glaser on Unsplash]
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“How can I thrive in an institution that hates me?” Read our open-access paper on the impact of racism and other stressful life experiences on Black postgraduate students’ mental health 👩🏾🎓👨🏾🎓 So grateful to the students who shared their stories, collaborators and co authors 🖤
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.@acamh's @TheCAMH are delighted to announce their 2025 Special Issue on ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescents & Young Adults’, ed. by @DrKeriWong, Efstathios Papachristou, Marta Francesconi, & @TjDekkers.
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The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) Journal are delighted to announce the CAMH 2025 Special Issue on ‘Physical Environmental Influences on the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children, Adolescen...
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The Incubator is #hiring! We are looking for an organised and enthusiastic individual to help us run events and evaluate programmes! Know anybody who fits the bill? Apply now to be a part of our friendly team! https://t.co/hLTxdlHL2R
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It's not too late to register for our upcoming webinar exploring the power of mixed methods in #mentalhealth #research. Featuring insights from a newly published BMJ Mental Health paper by ECRs & a panel of expert voices across the research landscape!👇 https://t.co/kiWrsvyM6f
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I’m recruiting: 4-year BBSRC-funded PhD studentship in computational genomics of human skin, nutrition & ageing at @KingsCollegeLon in collaboration with Unilever; co-supervised by @kerrin_small Fully funded stipend & tuition fees Deadline 13 July 2025 https://t.co/RbBY3L81qV
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Top 25 entrants of the @wellcometrust 📸 Prize announced #WPP25 🏆 on July 16 & the exhibition will follow at Francis Crick Institute Work from youth learners @ehwoza will be part of this great exhibition of human stories in health
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🌟Really enjoyed presenting our findings examining physical morbidity patterns in #bipolar & recurrent #depression in this inspiring session with fantastic speakers @KSBhui
@ErinGLawrence @Roisin_MM & Peter Byrne @rcpsych watch this space for published results
What a wonderful session (chaired by @KSBhui) with @DrHosang, @ErinGLawrence, @Roisin_MM and Professor Peter Byrne, from @QMULPsychiatry and @OxPsychiatry. Some terrific work on prevention! #RCPsychIC
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We're running a study to understand experiences of worry & stress among people from South Asian, Black, or mixed ethnic backgrounds, especially men. Participants must be UK-based & over 18. More detail in the images. Sign up here: https://t.co/M69VP6Yi1b
@GLADStudy
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🧠 We're hiring a #Postdoc in neuroimaging! Join our clinical research team @KingsIoPPN exploring #interoception & anxiety resolution after cancer. 5-yr Wellcome-funded project. Apply by 7 July 👉
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Happy to present a short video that summarises our recent Nature Reviews Psychology paper on "Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children" ( https://t.co/QoHUlwt41z). See the video here: https://t.co/v3ClAnicvN Feel free to share widely!
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We were excited to hear the @ERiskstudy featured on this week’s episode of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind 🧠, which focused on the role of twins in psychological research 👨👧👧📈 @KingsIoPPN @kcsamh @SGDPCentreKCL Click the link below to have a listen😃 https://t.co/zkh76TyvNj
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Delving into the fascinating world of twin psychology.
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🧠 Can parenting shape who we become? Jasmin Wertz's paper using data from E-Risk finds that maternal affection in childhood (ages 5–10) predicts personality traits at age 18, even between identical twins👯♂️ @The_MRC @SGDPCentreKCL @kcsamh @KingsIoPPN
https://t.co/nspThSCZRb
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Personality traits such as openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness predict important life outcomes, and fostering them is therefore a major policy goal. A key modifiable factor that is thought...
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