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Dr Amy Shakeshaft
(she/her)
PhD
Research Associate, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
Overview
I am a Research Associate at the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health, with key interests in the genetics of mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Publication
2024
- Riglin, L. et al. 2024. Emotional problems across development: examining measurement invariance across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 33, pp. 4237-4245. (10.1007/s00787-024-02461-3)
- Dennison, C. A., Shakeshaft, A., Eyre, O., Tilling, K., Rice, F. and Thapar, A. 2024. Investigating the neurodevelopmental correlates of early adolescent-onset emotional problems. Journal of Affective Disorders 364, pp. 212-220. (10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.008)
- Leibenluft, E. et al. 2024. Irritability in youths: A critical integrative review. The American Journal of Psychiatry 181(4), pp. 275-290. (10.1176/appi.ajp.20230256)
- Shakeshaft, A., Martin, J., Dennison, C. A., Riglin, L., Lewis, C. M., O'Donovan, M. and Thapar, A. 2024. Estimating the impact of transmitted and non-transmitted psychiatric and neurodevelopmental polygenic scores on youth emotional problems. Molecular Psychiatry 29, pp. 238-246. (10.1038/s41380-023-02319-1)
- Dennison, C. et al. 2024. Stratifying early-onset emotional disorders: using genetics to assess persistence in young people of European and South Asian ancestry. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 65(1), pp. 42-51. (10.1111/jcpp.13862)
- Agha, S. S. et al. 2024. Young adult ADHD symptoms in the general population and neurocognitive impairment. Journal of Attention Disorders 28(1), pp. 89-98. (10.1177/10870547231201870)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2024. Long-term physical health conditions and youth anxiety and depression: is there a causal link?. Psychological Medicine
2023
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2023. Co-development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64(11), pp. 1596-1607. (10.1111/jcpp.13851)
- Roshandel, D. et al. 2023. SLCO5A1 and synaptic assembly genes contribute to impulsivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. npj Genomic Medicine 8(1), article number: 28. (10.1038/s41525-023-00370-z)
- Rubboli, G. et al. 2023. Variation in prognosis and treatment outcome in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a Biology of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Consortium proposal for a practical definition and stratified medicine classifications. Brain Communications 5(3), article number: fcad182. (10.1093/braincomms/fcad182)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2023. Mental-health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research 159, pp. 230-239. (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.029)
- Riglin, L. et al. 2023. Young-adult social outcomes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 84(2), article number: 14379. (10.4088/jcp.22m14379)
2022
- Shakeshaft, A., Laiou, P., Abela, E., Stavropoulos, I., Richardson, M. P., Pal, D. K. and BIOJUME Consortium, . 2022. Heterogeneity of resting-state EEG features in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and controls. Brain Communications 4(4), article number: fcac180. (10.1093/braincomms/fcac180)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2022. Sex-specific disease modifiers in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Scientific Reports 12, article number: 2785. (10.1038/s41598-022-06324-2)
2021
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2021. Trait impulsivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 8(1), pp. 138-152. (10.1002/acn3.51255)
Articles
- Riglin, L. et al. 2024. Emotional problems across development: examining measurement invariance across childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 33, pp. 4237-4245. (10.1007/s00787-024-02461-3)
- Dennison, C. A., Shakeshaft, A., Eyre, O., Tilling, K., Rice, F. and Thapar, A. 2024. Investigating the neurodevelopmental correlates of early adolescent-onset emotional problems. Journal of Affective Disorders 364, pp. 212-220. (10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.008)
- Leibenluft, E. et al. 2024. Irritability in youths: A critical integrative review. The American Journal of Psychiatry 181(4), pp. 275-290. (10.1176/appi.ajp.20230256)
- Shakeshaft, A., Martin, J., Dennison, C. A., Riglin, L., Lewis, C. M., O'Donovan, M. and Thapar, A. 2024. Estimating the impact of transmitted and non-transmitted psychiatric and neurodevelopmental polygenic scores on youth emotional problems. Molecular Psychiatry 29, pp. 238-246. (10.1038/s41380-023-02319-1)
- Dennison, C. et al. 2024. Stratifying early-onset emotional disorders: using genetics to assess persistence in young people of European and South Asian ancestry. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 65(1), pp. 42-51. (10.1111/jcpp.13862)
- Agha, S. S. et al. 2024. Young adult ADHD symptoms in the general population and neurocognitive impairment. Journal of Attention Disorders 28(1), pp. 89-98. (10.1177/10870547231201870)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2024. Long-term physical health conditions and youth anxiety and depression: is there a causal link?. Psychological Medicine
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2023. Co-development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 64(11), pp. 1596-1607. (10.1111/jcpp.13851)
- Roshandel, D. et al. 2023. SLCO5A1 and synaptic assembly genes contribute to impulsivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. npj Genomic Medicine 8(1), article number: 28. (10.1038/s41525-023-00370-z)
- Rubboli, G. et al. 2023. Variation in prognosis and treatment outcome in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: a Biology of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Consortium proposal for a practical definition and stratified medicine classifications. Brain Communications 5(3), article number: fcad182. (10.1093/braincomms/fcad182)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2023. Mental-health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research 159, pp. 230-239. (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.029)
- Riglin, L. et al. 2023. Young-adult social outcomes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 84(2), article number: 14379. (10.4088/jcp.22m14379)
- Shakeshaft, A., Laiou, P., Abela, E., Stavropoulos, I., Richardson, M. P., Pal, D. K. and BIOJUME Consortium, . 2022. Heterogeneity of resting-state EEG features in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and controls. Brain Communications 4(4), article number: fcac180. (10.1093/braincomms/fcac180)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2022. Sex-specific disease modifiers in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Scientific Reports 12, article number: 2785. (10.1038/s41598-022-06324-2)
- Shakeshaft, A. et al. 2021. Trait impulsivity in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology 8(1), pp. 138-152. (10.1002/acn3.51255)
Teaching
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Biography
Education and Qualifications
- 2021 - PhD Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
- 2018 - MRes Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London
- 2017 - Physiological Sciences, University of Bristol
Contact Details
Specialisms
- Psychiatric Genetics