Dr Rebecca Pearson

Summary

My research objectives are are to understand the mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of depression and to translate this into preventative interventions. In order to investigate this area I take a multidisciplinary approach combining detailed neuro-psychological investigations with large scale epidemiological studies and health care research.

Activities / Findings

My research objectives are are to understand the mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of depression and to translate this into preventative interventions. In order to investigate this area I take a multidisciplinary approach combining detailed neuro-psychological investigations with large scale epidemiological studies and health care research.

Memberships

Organisations

Bristol Medical School (PHS)

Centres, collaborations and units

• Centre for Academic Mental Health

Recent publications

• Rochat, TJ, Houle, B, Stein, A, Pearson, RM & Bland, RM, 2018, ‘Prevalence and risk factors for child mental disorders in a population-based cohort of HIV-exposed and unexposed African children aged 7–11 years’. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Bolea-Alamanac, B, Davies, S, Evans, J, Joinson, C, Pearson, R, Skapinakis, P & Emond, A, 2018, ‘Do mothers who are anxious during pregnancy have inattentive children?’. Journal of Affective Disorders, vol 236., pp. 120-126
• Rochat, TJ, Houle, B, Stein, A, Pearson, RM, Newell, ML & Bland, RM, 2018, ‘Cohort Profile: The Siyakhula Cohort, rural South Africa’. International Journal of Epidemiology, vol 47., pp. 680
• Bornstein, MH, Hahn, C-S, Putnick, DL & Pearson, R, 2018, ‘Stability of child temperament: Multiple moderation by child and mother characteristics’. British Journal of Developmental Psychology.
• Culpin, I, Mars, B, Pearson, RM, Golding, J, Heron, J, Bubak, I, Carpenter, P, Magnusson, C, Gunnell, D & Rai, D, 2018, ‘Autistic Traits and Suicidal Thoughts, Plans, and Self-Harm in Late Adolescence: Population-Based Cohort Study’. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, vol 57., pp. 313-320.e6
• Redinger, S, Norris, SA, Pearson, RM, Richter, L & Rochat, T, 2018, ‘First trimester antenatal depression and anxiety: prevalence and associated factors in an urban population in Soweto, South Africa’. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, vol 9., pp. 30-40
• Pearson, R, Carnegie, R, Cree, C, Rollings, C, Jones, L, Evans, J, Stein, A, Tilling, K, Lewcock, M & Lawlor, D, 2018, ‘Prevalence of Prenatal Depression Symptoms Among 2 Generations of Pregnant Mothers: The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children’. JAMA Network Open, vol 1.
• Barros, FC, Matijasevich, A, Santos, IS, Horta, BL, Silva, BGCd, Munhoz, TN, Fazel, S, Stein, A, Pearson, RM, Anselmi, L & Rohde, LA, 2018, ‘Social inequalities in mental disorders and substance misuse in young adults: a birth cohort study in Southern Brazil’. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol 53., pp. 717-726
• Lewis, G, Wen, S, Pearson, RM & Lewis, G, 2018, ‘The association between paternal depressogenic cognitive styles during pregnancy and offspring depressogenic cognitive styles: an 18-year prospective cohort study’. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol 59., pp. 604-614
• Rai, D, Culpin, I, Heuvelman, H, Magnusson, CMK, Carpenter, P, Jones, H, Emond, AM, Zammit, S, Golding, J & Pearson, RM, 2018, ‘Association of Autistic Traits With Depression From Childhood to Age 18 Years’. JAMA Psychiatry.

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