Childhood Adversity and Adult Health: Articles of Interest

  • Childhood lead exposure is associated with adult personality difficulties and lifelong poor mental health

    Reuben A, Schaefer JD, Moffitt TE, Broadbent J, Harrington HL, Houts RM, Ramrakha S, Poulton R, Caspi A
    2019 JAMA Psychiatry
    PDF icon Press Release, PDF icon PDF of Full Article, PDF icon JAMA Online First article
    Medical News & Perspectives

  • Association of adverse experiences and exposure to violence in childhood and adolescence with inflammatory burden in young people

    Rasmussen, LJH, Moffitt, TE, Arseneault, L, Danese, A, Eugen-Olsen, J, Fisher, HL, Harrington, HL, Houts, RM, Matthews, T, Sugden, K, Williams, BS, Caspi, A
    2019 JAMA Pediatrics
    PDF of Full Article, Editorial by Bush & Aschbacher

  • Analysis of DNA methylation in young people reveals limited evidence for an association between victimization stress and epigenetic variation in blood

    Marzi SJ, Sugden K, Arseneault L, Belsky DW, Burrage J, Corcoran DL, Danese A, Fisher HL, Hannon E, Moffitt TE, Odgers CL, Pariante C, Poulton R, Williams BS, Wong C, Mill J, Caspi A
    2018 American Journal of Psychiatry 1-13
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    Editorial in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Listen to the Podcast

  • Adolescent victimization and early-adult psychopathology: Approaching causal inference using a longitudinal twin study to rule out non-causal explanations

    Schaefer JD, Moffitt TE, Arseneault L, Danese A, Fisher HL, Houts R, Sheridan MA, Wertz J, Caspi A
    2018 Clinical Psychological Science 1-20
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    Association for Psychological Science blog post by J. Dawson

  • Cumulative childhood risk is associated with a new measure of chronic inflammation in adulthood

    Hartmann Rasmussen, LJ, Moffitt, TE, Eugen-Olsen, J, Belsky, DW, Danese, A, Harrington, HL, Houts, RM, Poulton, R, Sugden, K, Williams, BS, Caspi, A
    2018 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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  • Measuring childhood maltreatment to predict early-adult psychopathology: Comparison of prospective informant-reports and retrospective self-reports

    Newbury JB, Arseneault L, Moffitt TE, Caspi A, Danese A, Baldwin JR, Fisher HL
    2017 Journal of Psychiatric Research 57-64
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  • Association of childhood blood lead levels with cognitive function and socioeconomic status at age 38 years with IQ change and socioeconomic mobility between childhood and adulthood

    Reuben A, Caspi A, Belsky D, Broadbent J, Harrington HL, Sugden K, Houts R, Ramrakha S, Poulton R, Moffitt TE
    2017 JAMA 317:1244-1251
    PDF icon Fact Sheet, PDF icon PDF of Full Article
    Editorial, NPR, Washington Post, Otago Daily Times article, Consumer Reports article

  • The origins of cognitive deficits in victimized children: Implications for neuroscientists and clinicians

    Danese A, Moffitt TE, Arseneault L, Bleiberg B, Dinardo P, Gandleman S, Houts R, Ambler A, Fisher H, Poulton R, Caspi A
    2016 American Journal of Psychiatry 174: 349-361
    PDF icon PDF of Full Article, PDF icon Supplementary Materials, PDF icon Editorial by E. Jane Costello, Ph.D.

  • Childhood exposure to violence and lifelong health: Clinical intervention science and stress biology research join forces

    Moffitt TE, Klaus-Grawe 2012 Think Tank
    2013 Development and Psychopathology, 25th Anniversary Special issue 25:1619-1634
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  • Childhood maltreatment predicts adult inflammation in a life-course study

    Danese A, Pariante CM, Caspi A, Taylor A, Poulton R
    2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 23;104(4):1319-24
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17229839