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Alex Siu Fung Kwong

- Verified email at ed.ac.uk - Cited by 2138

Alex Siu Fung Kwong

- Verified email at bristol.ac.uk - Cited by 402

Genetic and environmental risk factors associated with trajectories of depression symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood

ASF Kwong, JA López-López, G Hammerton… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Less favorable trajectories of depressive mood from adolescence to early adulthood
are associated with current and later psychopathology, impaired educational attainment…

Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts

ASF Kwong, RM Pearson, MJ Adams… - The British journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures are likely to have a marked
effect on mental health. It is important to use longitudinal data to improve inferences.AimsTo …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying critical points of trajectories of depressive symptoms from childhood to young adulthood

ASF Kwong, D Manley, NJ Timpson… - Journal of youth and …, 2019 - Springer
Depression is a common mental illness and research has focused on late childhood and
adolescence in an attempt to prevent or reduce later psychopathology and/or social …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID burden and risk factors in 10 UK longitudinal studies and electronic health records

…, TC Yang, CF Huggins, ASF Kwong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The frequency of, and risk factors for, long COVID are unclear among community-based
individuals with a history of COVID-19. To elucidate the burden and possible causes of long …

Psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in the United Kingdom based on coordinated analyses of 11 longitudinal studies

K Patel, E Robertson, ASF Kwong, GJ Griffith… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance How population mental health has evolved across the COVID-19 pandemic
under varied lockdown measures is poorly understood, and the consequences for health …

Risk factors for long COVID: analyses of 10 longitudinal studies and electronic health records in the UK

…, CL Niedzwiedz, TC Yang, CF Huggins, ASF Kwong… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The impact of long COVID is increasingly recognised, but risk factors are poorly characterised.
We analysed questionnaire data on symptom duration from 10 longitudinal study (LS) …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological distress, depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction following COVID-19 infection: evidence from 11 UK longitudinal population studies

…, B Moltrecht, CF Huggins, ASF Kwong… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence on associations between COVID-19 illness and mental health is mixed.
We aimed to examine whether COVID-19 is associated with deterioration in mental health …

[HTML][HTML] Gene–environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach

V Warrier, ASF Kwong, M Luo, S Dalvie, J Croft… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with poor mental and physical health.
However, the mechanisms of gene–environment correlations and the potential causal effects of …

A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health

…, HM Sallis, T Schoeler, MJ Taylor, ASF Kwong… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Children who experience adversities have an elevated risk of mental health problems.
However, the extent to which adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) cause mental health …

Polygenic risk for depression, anxiety and neuroticism are associated with the severity and rate of change in depressive symptoms across adolescence

ASF Kwong, TT Morris, RM Pearson… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adolescence marks a period where depression will commonly onset. Twin
studies show that genetic influences play a role in how depression develops and changes …