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My primary research interests are in child and youth mental health. I conduct multi-disciplinary longitudinal research projects that use cognitive neuroscience and life-course epidemiology methods to characterise developmental pathways from childhood to diverse health, social, and educational outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood. I am motivated to identify new prevention and early intervention opportunities in childhood that promote successful development for all individuals, and I work with clinical colleagues and educational professionals to develop new prevention and intervention programs for young people. I am currently supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.
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- Laurens K, Murphy J, Dickson H, Roberts R, Gutteridge T, (2020) Trajectories of mismatch negativity and P3a amplitude development from ages 9 to 16 years in children with risk factors for schizophrenia, Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5 (12), pp. 1085-1094.
- Laurens K, Tzoumakis S, Dean K, Harris F, Carr V, Green M, (2020) Population profiles of child-reported psychotic-like experiences and their differential association with other psychopathologies, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59 (1), pp. 22-38.
- Laurens K, Tzoumakis S, Dean K, Brinkman S, Bore M, Lenroot R, Smith M, Holbrook A, Robinson K, Stevens R, Harris F, Carr V, Green M, (2017) The 2015 Middle Childhood Survey (MCS) of mental health and well-being at age 11 years in an Australian population cohort, BMJ Open, 7 (6), pp. 1-16.
- Laurens K, Islam F, Kariuki M, Harris F, Chilvers M, Butler M, Schofield J, Essery C, Brinkman S, Carr V, Green M, (2020) Reading and numeracy attainment of children reported to child protection services: A population record linkage study controlling for other adversities, Child Abuse and Neglect, 101, pp. 1-15.
- Green M, Harris F, Laurens K, Kariuki M, Tzoumakis S, Dean K, Islam F, Rossen L, Whitten T, Smith M, Holbrook A, Bore M, Brinkman S, Chilvers M, Sprague T, Stevens R, Carr V, (2018) Cohort Profile: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)-Wave 2 (child age 13 years), International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (5), pp. 1396-1397k.
- Dickson H, Hedges E, Ma S, Cullen A, MacCabe J, Kempton M, Downs J, Laurens K, (2020) Academic achievement and schizophrenia: A systematic meta-analysis, Psychological Medicine, 50 (12), pp. 1949-1965.
- Laurens K, Tzoumakis S, Kariuki M, Green M, Hamde M, Harris F, Carr V, Dean K, (2017) Pervasive influence of maternal and paternal criminal offending on early childhood development: a population data linkage study, Psychological Medicine, 47 (5), pp. 889-901.
- Jolley S, Kuipers E, Stewart C, Browning S, Bracegirdle K, Basit N, Gin K, Hirsch C, Corrigall R, Banerjea P, Turley G, Stahl D, Laurens K, (2018) The Coping with Unusual Experiences for Children Study (CUES): A pilot randomized controlled evaluation of the acceptability and potential clinical utility of a cognitive behavioural intervention package for young people aged 8-14 years with unusual, British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57 (3), pp. 328-350.
- Laurens K, Cullen A, (2016) Toward earlier identification and preventative intervention in schizophrenia: evidence from the London Child Health and Development Study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51 (4), pp. 475-491.
- Laurens K, Luo L, Matheson S, Carr V, Raudino A, Harris F, Green M, (2015) Common or distinct pathways to psychosis? A systematic review of evidence from prospective studies for developmental risk factors and antecedents of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders and affective psychoses, BMC Psychiatry, 15, pp. 1-20.
- Title
- Achieving Better Mental Health for Maltreated Children: Translating Population Data into Policy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2018001417
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- child maltreatment; child development; child health; record linkage; resilience
- Title
- Developmental Schizotypy in the General Population: Early Risk Factors and Predictive Utility
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1800001401
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- The Role of Social-Emotional Learning in Attaining Literacy and Numeracy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT170100294
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- Determinants of Risk and Resilience in Maltreated Children Using Multi-Agency Administrative Records: A population Record-Linkage Study
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2019000036
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Identifying New Targets for Primary School Mental Health Interventions Using Population Data
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1058652
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- mental health promotion; child health; child development; school-based intervention; developmental outcomes; risk factors; protective factors; school health promotion; psychiatric epidemiology; record linkage
- Positive development in middle childhood: An Australian child population cohort study
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Kate Williams - Identifying Clinically Significant and Biological Markers That Differentiate Putatively DistinctDevelopmental Pathways to Psychosis
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Adrian Kelly
- Environmental risk factors and antecedents for schizophrenia: A focus on social stressors (2016)
- The early impact of stigma and discrimination on pathways to care for young people at early risk states of psychotic disorders (2016)
- Cognitive and facial emotion processing abnormalities among children at-risk for schizophrenia : candidate targets for early identification? (2014)
- Identifying neuroanatomical subtypes of psychosis (2014)
- Increased stress susceptibility and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction : early markers of psychosis vulnerability? (2014)
- Psychotic-like experiences and psychometric schizotypy : their relationships with depressive symptoms and theory of mind in adolescents from the general population (2013)