Prof James B Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social · 10/01/2025If causal, our work implies that interventions that provide young people with positive coping mechanisms in response to substantial social adversity may protect against common mental disorders. 5/n 100
Prof James B Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social · 10/01/2025That said, this work isn't causal, and was taken from baseline case-control data. We have followed cases for two further years, which should allow us to evaluate how coping affects mental health & recovery longitudinally. 6/n 100
Prof James B Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Data taken from OLA study, collab led by @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social & impossible w/o relentless research activity by colleagues in Peru (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia), Colombia (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital Uni. San Ignacio) & Argentina (University of Buenos Aires). 7/n 100
