He has published more than 220 peer-reviewed scientific papers, with many appearing in leading international journals, and he maintains numerous international research collaborations. Perhaps his most prominent work has been as a director of The Dunedin Study for more than 20 years. Known in full as the ‘Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study’, the project began in 1975, originally designed as a short-term project to explore how birth events affect later health. A growing interest in the results, however, enabled continuation of the Study and 45 years on it has become renowned across the world as one of the most significant projects of its kind.
DURHAM – People grow old at different rates, regardless of what the calendar says. And for those whose bodies age more quickly, the cumulative effects show up
Growing Evidence That Mentally Ill Youths Become Less Healthy Adults
A new pair of studies from a Duke research team’s long-term work in New Zealand make the case that mental health struggles in early life can lead to poorer physical health and advanced aging in adulthood.
But because mental health problems peak early in life and can be identified, the researchers say that more investment in prompt mental health care could be used to prevent later diseases and lower societal healthcare costs.
“The same people who experience psychiatric conditions when they are young go on to experience excess age-related physical diseases and neurodegenerative diseases when they are older adults,” explained Terrie Moffitt, the Nannerl O. Keohane professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke, who is the senior author on both studies.
University of Otago: Dunedin Study Data Provides Evidence That Youth Mental Health Issues Impact Adult Physical Health
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DUNEDIN,
A new study by researchers from
Otago and Duke Universities makes the case that mental health struggles in early life can lead to poorer physical health and advanced aging in adulthood. They conclude interventions in early life could prevent illness and social costs.
Because mental health problems peak early in life and can be identified, the researchers say more investment in prompt mental health care could be used to prevent later diseases and lower societal healthcare costs.
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