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Overview

Thalia C. Eley is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has an extensive research background primarily in the field of Psychology. Their work focuses on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Genetics, with additional contributions to Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their research covers a range of mental health and genetic topics, including the psychosocial and emotional development of children and adolescents, cognitive abilities and testing, genetic associations and epidemiology, as well as mental health treatment and access. Other specific areas of study include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and eating disorders and behaviors.

Recent publications by Thalia C. Eley include:

  • Genome-wide gene-environment analyses of major depressive disorder and reported lifetime traumatic experiences in UK Biobank, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • The Genetic Architecture of Depression in Individuals of East Asian Ancestry, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • A phenome-wide association and Mendelian Randomisation study of polygenic risk for depression in UK Biobank, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response, 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Role of age, gender and marital status in prognosis for adults with depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis, 2021, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thalia C. Eley include:

  • Gerome Breen
  • Jonathan R. I. Coleman
  • Christopher Hübel
  • Molly R. Davies
  • Megan Skelton

Publication venues where Thalia C. Eley has contributed most often are:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

    Naomi R. Wray;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Manuel Mattheisen;MacIej Trzaskowski

  • Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

    Antonio F. Pardiñas;Peter Holmans;Andrew J. Pocklington;Valentina Escott-Price

  • Gene-environment interaction analysis of serotonin system markers with adolescent depression.

    Thalia Eley;K Sugden;A Corsico;Alice Gregory

  • Prospective longitudinal associations between persistent sleep problems in childhood and anxiety and depression disorders in adulthood.

    Alice M. Gregory;Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi;Thalia C. Eley;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt

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  • A twin study of anxiety-related behaviours in pre-school children

    Thalia C. Eley;Derek Bolton;Thomas G. O'Connor;Sean Perrin

  • Sex differences in the etiology of aggressive and nonaggressive antisocial behavior: results from two twin studies

    Thalia C. Eley;Paul Lichtenstein;Jim Stevenson

  • A major role for common genetic variation in anxiety disorders

    Kirstin L. Purves;Jonathan R. I. Coleman;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Christopher Rayner

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • Co-occurrence of ADHD and low IQ has genetic origins.

    J Kuntsi;T C Eley;A Taylor;C Hughes

  • Genetic influence on language delay in two-year-old children.

    Philip S. Dale;Emily Simonoff;Dorothy V. M. Bishop;Thalia C. Eley

  • A longitudinal behavioral genetic analysis of the etiology of aggressive and nonaggressive antisocial behavior.

    Thalia C. Eley;Paul Lichtenstein;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Adolescent irritability: phenotypic associations and genetic links with depressed mood

    Argyris Stringaris;Helena Zavos;Ellen Leibenluft;Barbara Maughan

  • Juvenile mental health histories of adults with anxiety disorders.

    Alice M. Gregory;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Karestan Koenen

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety: A Children-of-Twins Study.

    Thalia C. Eley;Tom A. McAdams;Fruhling V. Rijsdijk;Paul Lichtenstein

  • Genetic Influences on Anxiety in Children: What We've Learned and where We're Heading.

    Alice M. Gregory;Alice M. Gregory;Thalia C. Eley

  • Specific life events and chronic experiences differentially associated with depression and anxiety in young twins

    Thalia C. Eley;Jim Stevenson

  • Lexical and grammatical development: a behavioural genetic perspective.

    Philip S. Dale;Ginette Dionne;Thalia C. Eley;Robert Plomin

  • A Quantitative Trait Locus Associated With Cognitive Ability in Children

    M.j. Chorney;K. Chorney;N. Seese;M.j. Owen

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Exploring the Covariation between Anxiety and Depression Symptoms: A Genetic Analysis of the Effects of Age and Sex

    Thalia C. Eley;Jim Stevenson

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice M. Gregory
Alice M. Gregory Goldsmiths University of London
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Fruhling Rijsdijk
Fruhling Rijsdijk King's College London
Kathryn J. Lester
Kathryn J. Lester University of Sussex
Jennifer Y. F. Lau
Jennifer Y. F. Lau Queen Mary University of London
Robert Keers
Robert Keers Queen Mary University of London
Matthew Hotopf
Matthew Hotopf King's College London
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University
Jennifer L. Hudson
Jennifer L. Hudson University of New South Wales

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