Why we need families in genomic research on developmental psychopathology

Jul 03, 2023, 11:18 AM

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Rosa Cheesman discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Why we need families in genomic research on developmental psychopathology’.

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24086

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Rosa Cheesman discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Why we need families in genomic research on developmental psychopathology’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12138).

There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

Discussion points include:     

  • Rosa’s experience of being a participant in the Twins Early Development Study and how this influenced her.
  • The two related challenges at the cutting edge of genomic research on developmental psychopathology.
  • Three approaches to bring the family context back into genomic research.
  • Why developmental psychologists are well placed to capitalise on strategies to bring families into genomic research.
  • How developmental psychologists might be encouraged to be more involved.
In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.