James B. Kirkbride
@ProfKirkbride
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Professor of Psychiatric & Social Epidemiology @UCLPsychiatry Social determinants, ethnic inequalities of psychosis & severe mental illness Likes ≠ endorsement
London, England
Joined December 2011
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Doge musk, the new fragrance for your beloved 4-pawed friend.
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RT @SosoAllan: My turn: #PostYourPill. Lithium, which I’ve taken for #Bipolar for several years. Aripiprazole, a more recent addition. I’….
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Save Cambridge’s Protected Green Spaces - Protect the historic Fenner’s Cricket Ground - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange.
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Save Cambridge’s Protected Green Spaces - Protect the historic Fenner’s Cricket Ground
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RT @NoclorResearch: UCL study finds links between migration during adolescence and increased risk of psychosis . @ProfKirkbride - adolescen….
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RT @PatMcGorry: Showing again the exquisite sensitivity of the transition to adulthood for onset of mental illness.
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RT @UCLPsychiatry: New paper out today, led by @HummaAndleeb .@ProfKirkbride, finds that migrating during adolescence is associated with al….
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Risk found to be highest among black and north African people, as experts call for better mental health provision
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RT @guardian: Migration during adolescence linked to increased psychosis risk, study finds
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Risk found to be highest among black and north African people, as experts call for better mental health provision
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Some good coverage of our paper by @NicolaKSDavis in the @guardian this morning: . 9/9.
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Risk found to be highest among black and north African people, as experts call for better mental health provision
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And the #EUGEI study is a massive undertaking by academics across 17 European settings in 5 countries, and one site in Brazil (not included in the current study). Thanks to all collaborators & participants. 8/n.
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Work was led by my excellent @PsyLifeLab PhD student @HummaAndleeb based in @UCLPsychiatry & @UCLPALS, who is studying why migration increases psychosis risk for many groups. 7/n.
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But if this is a signal, it adds to the literature that suggests selected interventions in at-risk groups - here extending to teenage migrants - could be legitimate targets for the prevention of psychosis. 6/n.
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Limitations of the study include the small sample size when stratified by age at migration & ethnicity, the case-control study design (essentially, cross-sectional) & missing data (handled via multiple imputation). 5/n.
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We know adolescence is a key period for identify formation, brain maturation & the emergence of psychosis. Migration in this period may disrupt these processes for some, requiring teenage migrants to form new social groups, learn new a language & navigate new environments. 4/n.
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We found adolescent migration had independent effects in North African and Black migrants, with a trend for White migrants in this direction, but sample sizes became small at this level of stratification, so caution is needed. 3/n.
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Data came from 5 countries in the #EUGEI study of first episode psychosis on 2132 participants. The increased risk with migration during adolescence was not explained by ethnic differences in the sample, measures of socioeconomic position or parental mental health. 2/n.
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Our new paper on age at #migration and #psychosis risk is out today in @PLOSMentalHlth. We find that migrating during adolescence, defined in the study as 11-17 years old, is associated with almost twice the risk of psychosis cf. non-migrants. 1/n.
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Several studies have highlighted increased psychosis risk in migrant and minority ethnic populations. Migration before age 18 appears to increase risk, but further evidence is required. We investig...
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Tributes paid to ‘Windrush pioneer’ Alford Gardner after death aged 98
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Mr Gardner was one of the last surviving passengers of the Empire Windrush.
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RT @ProfRobHoward: Here’s a UCL colleague I can really get behind. What a delicious and clever piece of scientific scepticism.
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How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics.
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The factoid about biodiversity and Indigenous peoples spread around the world, but scientists say bad data can undermine the very causes it claims to support
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