Richie Poulton

Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia: Review of Epidemiological Findings and Future Directions (2008)

Van Os, Jim, Rutten, Bart PF, Poulton, Richie

Concern is building about high rates of schizophrenia in large cities, and among immigrants, cannabis users, and traumatized individuals, some of which likely reflects the causal influence of...

Why Do Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families Suffer from Poor Health When They Reach Adulthood? A Life-Course Study (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Moffitt, Terrie E., Milne, Barry J., Poulton, Richie, Caspi, Avshalom

The authors investigated what risk factors contribute to an excess risk of poor adult health among children who experience socioeconomic disadvantage. Data came from 1,037 children born in Dunedin,...

Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Caspi, Avshalom, Milne, Barry, Danese, Andrea, Poulton, Richie, Moffitt, Terrie

Background. Rates of depression have been rising, as have rates of work stress. We tested the influence of work stress on diagnosed depression and anxiety in young working adults.Method. Participants...

Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Caspi, Avshalom, Milne, Barry, Danese, Andrea, Poulton, Richie, Moffitt, Terrie

Background. Rates of depression have been rising, as have rates of work stress. We tested the influence of work stress on diagnosed depression and anxiety in young working adults.Method. Participants...

Why Do Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families Suffer from Poor Health When They Reach Adulthood? A Life-Course Study. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Moffitt, Terrie, Milne, Barry, Poulton, Richie, Caspi, Avshalom

The authors investigated what risk factors contribute to an excess risk of poor adult health among children who experience socioeconomic disadvantage. Data came from 1,037 children born in Dunedin,...

Why Do Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families Suffer from Poor Health When They Reach Adulthood? A Life-Course Study. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Moffitt, Terrie, Milne, Barry, Poulton, Richie, Caspi, Avshalom

The authors investigated what risk factors contribute to an excess risk of poor adult health among children who experience socioeconomic disadvantage. Data came from 1,037 children born in Dunedin,...

Why Do Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families Suffer from Poor Health When They Reach Adulthood? A Life-Course Study. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Moffitt, Terrie, Milne, Barry, Poulton, Richie, Caspi, Avshalom

The authors investigated what risk factors contribute to an excess risk of poor adult health among children who experience socioeconomic disadvantage. Data came from 1,037 children born in Dunedin,...

Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men. (2007)

Melchior, Maria, Caspi, Avshalom, Milne, Barry, Danese, Andrea, Poulton, Richie, Moffitt, Terrie

Background. Rates of depression have been rising, as have rates of work stress. We tested the influence of work stress on diagnosed depression and anxiety in young working adults.Method. Participants...

Associations between respiratory symptoms, lung function and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms in a population-based birth cohort (2006)

Hancox, Robert J, Poulton, Richie, Taylor, D Robin, Greene, Justina M, McLachlan, Christene R, Cowan, Jan O, ...

Abstract Background Several studies have reported an association between asthma and gastro-oesophageal reflux, but it is unclear which condition develops first. The role of obesity in mediating this...

The impact of xerostomia on oral-health-related quality of life among younger adults (2006)

Thomson, W Murray, Lawrence, Herenia P, Broadbent, Jonathan M, Poulton, Richie

Abstract Background Recent research has suggested that chronic dry mouth affects the day-to-day lives of older people living in institutions. The condition has usually been considered to be a feature...

Bleak Expectations: the Role of Pessimism in Smoking, Hazardous Drinking and Exercise (2003)

Jeremy Clark, Richie Poulton, Barry Milne

Abstract. Young people with low “broad ” wealth may be more likely to take up hazardous consumption and shun investment in human capital. This could occur directly, through the concavity of...

Birth Size, Growth, and Blood Pressure between the Ages of 7 and 26 Years: Failure to Support the Fetal Origins Hypothesis (2002)

Williams, Sheila, Poulton, Richie

The “fetal origins hypothesis” asserts that birth weight is inversely related to later blood pressure. Data from a cohort of 891 infants born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972–1973 whose blood...

Cannabis and psychosis

Fergusson, David M, Poulton, Richie, Smith, Paul F, Boden, Joseph M

The UK government is considering reclassifying cannabis because of concerns about links with mental health problems. What does the evidence show?

Cannabis and psychosis

Fergusson, David M, Poulton, Richie, Smith, Paul F, Boden, Joseph M

The UK government is considering reclassifying cannabis because of concerns about links with mental health problems. What does the evidence show?

Childhood maltreatment predicts adult inflammation in a life-course study

Danese, Andrea, Pariante, Carmine M., Caspi, Avshalom, Taylor, Alan, Poulton, Richie

Stress in early life has been associated with insufficient glucocorticoid signaling in adulthood, possibly affecting inflammation processes. Childhood maltreatment has been linked to increased risk...

The role of low expectations in health and education investment and hazardous consumption

Jeremy Clark, Bonggeun Kim, Richie Poulton, Barry Milne

Young people with little `social or health capital' may be more likely to take up hazardous consumption and shun investments in human capital, raising their likelihood of a `rags to rags' sequence....

Moderation of breastfeeding effects on the IQ by genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism

Caspi, Avshalom, Williams, Benjamin, Kim-Cohen, Julia, Craig, Ian W., Milne, Barry J., Poulton, Richie, ...

Children's intellectual development is influenced by both genetic inheritance and environmental experiences. Breastfeeding is one of the earliest such postnatal experiences. Breastfed children attain...

Gene-Environment Interactions in Schizophrenia: Review of Epidemiological Findings and Future Directions

Van Os, Jim, Rutten, Bart PF, Poulton, Richie

Concern is building about high rates of schizophrenia in large cities, and among immigrants, cannabis users, and traumatized individuals, some of which likely reflects the causal influence of...