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Repeated job strain and the risk of depression: longitudinal analyses from the Whitehall II studyStephen A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Am J Public Health 102:2360-6. 2012..We addressed whether repeated job strain and low work social support increase the risk of major depressive disorder (MDD)...- Forced residential mobility and social support: impacts on psychiatric disorders among Somali migrantsKamaldeep Bhui
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
BMC Int Health Hum Rights 12:4. 2012..abstract:.. 
Future environmental noise and health research needs for policyStephen Stansfeld
Queen Mary University of London, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M6BQ, United Kingdom
J Acoust Soc Am 131:3295. 2012..Recommendations are reported based on the findings of the European Network on Noise and Health, funded by the EU 7th Framework Programme, to show how this could be achieved...- Can social support protect bullied adolescents from adverse outcomes? A prospective study on the effects of bullying on the educational achievement and mental health of adolescents at secondary schools in East LondonCatherine Rothon
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Old Anatomy Building, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
J Adolesc 34:579-88. 2011..Support from friends and family was not sufficient to protect adolescents against mental health difficulties that they might face as a result of being bullied. More active intervention from schools is recommended... - Environmental noise exposure, early biological risk and mental health in nine to ten year old children: a cross-sectional field studyRosanna Crombie
Queen Mary, University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre for Psychiatry, Room 103, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6BQ, London
Environ Health 10:39. 2011..This study used data from the Road Traffic and Aircraft Noise Exposure and Children's Cognition and Health (RANCH) study to see if this finding extends to aircraft and road traffic noise at school... - Neurobehavioral effects of transportation noise in primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional studyElise van Kempen
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Centre for Environmental Health Research, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Environ Health 9:25. 2010..This paper reports on a study investigating the effects of aircraft and road traffic noise exposure on the cognitive performance of primary schoolchildren in both the home and the school setting... - Physical activity and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a prospective studyCatherine Rothon
Centre for Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London, UK
BMC Med 8:32. 2010..There is a particular lack of evidence from longitudinal studies. This study examines the relationship between depression and physical activity using the Research with East London Adolescents: Community Health Survey (RELACHS)... 
Social position, early deprivation and the development of attachmentStephen Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1 6QM, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:516-26. 2008..Despite the methodological shortcomings of retrospective childhood data the results suggest material and emotional adversity influence the development of attachment through parental style, notably parental warmth...- Childhood and adulthood socio-economic position and midlife depressive and anxiety disordersStephen A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 192:152-3. 2008..Effects of childhood socio-economic position on adult depressive disorders may be mediated through adult socio-economic position... - Psychosocial work characteristics and anxiety and depressive disorders in midlife: the effects of prior psychological distressS A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
Occup Environ Med 65:634-42. 2008.... - Work characteristics and social phobia in a nationally representative employed sampleStephen A Stansfield
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, England
Can J Psychiatry 53:371-6. 2008..Environmental and genetic influences may be important in etiology and persistence. This is the first study to examine the association of work characteristics with social phobia in a representative nationally employed population... - Chronic pain, depressive disorder, and the role of workStephen Stansfeld
Center for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
J Psychosom Res 61:661-2. 2006 - Aircraft and road traffic noise and children's cognition and health: a cross-national studyS A Stansfeld
Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
Lancet 365:1942-9. 2005..Our aim, therefore, was to assess the effect of exposure to aircraft and road traffic noise on cognitive performance and health in children... - Reduction of road traffic noise and mental health: an intervention studyStephen A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
Noise Health 11:169-75. 2009..However, the methodological difficulties of the study limit the conclusions that can be drawn on whether there is a causal effect of noise on common mental disorder... - Occupation and mental health in a national UK surveyStephen Alfred Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:101-10. 2011..To measure the prevalence of common mental disorder (CMD) by occupation in a representative sample of Great Britain and to identify occupations with increased and decreased risk of CMD... - Repeated exposure to socioeconomic disadvantage and health selection as life course pathways to mid-life depressive and anxiety disordersStephen A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:549-58. 2011.... - Psychosocial work environment and mental health--a meta-analytic reviewStephen Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Joseph Rotblat Building, Barts and London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charterhouse Square, London EC1 6BQ, United Kindom
Scand J Work Environ Health 32:443-62. 2006.... - Ethnicity, social deprivation and psychological distress in adolescents: school-based epidemiological study in east LondonStephen A Stansfeld
Department of Psychiatry, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Medical Sciences Building, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Br J Psychiatry 185:233-8. 2004..In adults the prevalence of psychological distress varies in different ethnic groups, and this has been explained by differences in socio-economic status. Is this also the case in adolescents?.. - Noise pollution: non-auditory effects on healthStephen A Stansfeld
Department of Psychiatry, Medical Sciences Building, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK
Br Med Bull 68:243-57. 2003..Further research is needed examining coping strategies and the possible health consequences of adaptation to noise... - Night time aircraft noise exposure and children's cognitive performanceStephen Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
Noise Health 12:255-62. 2010..We suggest that the school should be the main focus of attention for protection of children against the effects of aircraft noise on school performance... - Impact of common mental disorders on sickness absence in an occupational cohort studyStephen A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Occup Environ Med 68:408-13. 2011..We also examine whether recent common mental disorders and those present on two occasions have a stronger association with sickness absence than less recent and single episodes of disorder... - Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise: research in the United KingdomStephen Stansfeld
Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
Noise Health 13:229-33. 2011.... - A follow-up study of effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on child stress responses and cognitionM M Haines
Department of Psychiatry, St Bartholomew s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 30:839-45. 2001.... - Social inequalities in depressive symptoms and physical functioning in the Whitehall II study: exploring a common cause explanationS A Stansfeld
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:361-7. 2003.... - Multilevel modelling of aircraft noise on performance tests in schools around Heathrow Airport LondonM M Haines
Department of Psychiatry, St Bartholomew s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:139-44. 2002..To examine the effects of chronic exposure to aircraft noise on children's school performance taking into account social class and school characteristics... - Psychological distress, physical illness and risk of myocardial infarction in the Caerphilly studyF Rasul
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London
Psychol Med 37:1305-13. 2007..This study examines the association between PD and MI in a prospective epidemiological study of 1864 middle-aged men to examine if the association is explained by existing illness... - Illicit and traditional drug use among ethnic minority adolescents in East LondonA A Jayakody
Department of Paediatrics, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
Public Health 120:329-38. 2006..The high use of paan and glue/gas/solvents by Bangladeshi young people poses an unappreciated public health problem that may require targeted interventions... - The West London Schools Study: the effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on child healthM M Haines
Department of Psychiatry, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London
Psychol Med 31:1385-96. 2001..The cognitive results indicate that chronic aircraft noise exposure does not always lead to generalized cognitive effects but, rather, more selective cognitive impairments on difficult cognitive tests in children... - The effects of chronic aircraft noise exposure on children's cognition and health: 3 field studiesM P Matheson
Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary, University of London, Basic Medical Sciences Building, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, England
Noise Health 5:31-40. 2003..In terms of cognitive performance, effects are reported on reading, attention and long-term and working memory... - Building health: an epidemiological study of "sick building syndrome" in the Whitehall II studyA F Marmot
AMA, Linton House, London, UK
Occup Environ Med 63:283-9. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The physical environment of office buildings appears to be less important than features of the psychosocial work environment in explaining differences in the prevalence of symptoms... - How gender affects patterns of social relations and their impact on health: a comparison of one or multiple sources of support from "close persons"R Fuhrer
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 54:811-25. 2002..Information from up to four close persons offered a more accurate portrayal of support exchanged, and gender differences were attenuated, if not eliminated, when this support index was used to predict physical and psychological health... - Occupations, work characteristics and common mental disorderS A Stansfeld
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Psychol Med 43:961-73. 2013..Job characteristics were measured by questionnaire, and tested as explanatory factors in associations of occupation and CMD... - Change in health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II studyJ E Ferrie
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 56:922-6. 2002..The objective of this study was to investigate morbidity and cardiovascular risk factor trends in white collar British civil servants... - Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart diseaseF Rasul
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:140-5. 2005.... - Common mental disorders, unemployment and welfare benefits in EnglandE Ford
Centre for Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Public Health 124:675-81. 2010..This study examined rates of CMD in individuals who were employed, unemployed and receiving various UK benefits. It also investigated associations between duration of unemployment, gender and CMD... - Psychological distress among adolescents, and its relationship to individual, family and area characteristics in East LondonJames Fagg
Queen Mary College, University of London, UK
Soc Sci Med 63:636-48. 2006..However, this area variation was not related to differences in area indicators of socio-economic deprivation, crime or social fragmentation. There was a complex association between SDQ and ethnic composition of neighbourhoods... - Migration, social mobility and common mental disorders: critical review of the literature and meta-analysisJ Das-Munshi
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
Ethn Health 17:17-53. 2012..The main objective of this review was to assess the association of social mobility with common mental disorders in migrant and second-generation groups, to inform future research... - Qualitative responses of children to environmental noiseM M Haines
Environment a nd Health Group, Department of Psychiatry, St Bartholomew s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
Noise Health 5:19-30. 2003..Future research should employ qualitative methods to supplement quantitative investigations... - Roles of different sources of social support on caries experience and caries increment in adolescents of East londonE Bernabe
Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Caries Res 45:400-7. 2011..In conclusion, adolescents who perceived higher levels of social support had lower caries experience and increment. However, support from a special person was more relevant for these adolescents than support from family and peers... - Racial/ethnic discrimination and common mental disorders among workers: findings from the EMPIRIC Study of Ethnic Minority Groups in the United KingdomKamaldeep Bhui
Centre for Psychiatry, Barts, and London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
Am J Public Health 95:496-501. 2005..We measured perceived discrimination and its association with common mental disorders among workers in the United Kingdom... - Cultural identity, acculturation, and mental health among adolescents in east London's multiethnic communityKamaldeep Bhui
Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Queen Mary, London E1 4NS, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:296-302. 2005..To investigate cultural identity as a risk factor for mental health problems among adolescents... - Ethnicity, socio-economic status, overweight and underweight in East London adolescentsStephanie J C Taylor
Centre for General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
Ethn Health 10:113-28. 2005..An understanding of the prevalence of obesity and overweight in these populations is important since some ethnic groups may be particularly vulnerable to the adverse health effects associated with obesity... - Acculturation and health status among African-Caribbean, Bangladeshi and White British adolescents--validation and findings from the RELACHS studyKamaldeep Bhui
Barts and the London School of Medicine, Institute of Community Health Sciences Queen Mary, London, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:259-66. 2005..This paper reports the validation process for research questions that measure cultural identity in a survey of adolescents from a multi-ethnic urban area... - Comparison of adaptive pacing therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise therapy, and specialist medical care for chronic fatigue syndrome (PACE): a randomised trialP D White
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Lancet 377:823-36. 2011..We aimed to assess effectiveness and safety of all four treatments... - The impact of psychological distress on the educational achievement of adolescents at the end of compulsory educationCatherine Rothon
Centre for Psychiatry, Old Anatomy Building, Barts and The London Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:421-7. 2009..This paper examines performance at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), examined at age 16, with reference to psychological distress and depressive symptoms as measured at age 13-14... - Childhood and adulthood psychological ill health as predictors of midlife affective and anxiety disorders: the 1958 British Birth CohortCharlotte Clark
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:668-78. 2007..Previous studies have not examined whether the risk associated with childhood psychological ill health persists for midlife psychological health... - Post-migration geographical mobility, mental health and health service utilisation among Somali refugees in the UK: a qualitative studyNasir Warfa
Department of Psychiatry, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Health Place 12:503-15. 2006..Residential mobility was also perceived to interfere with health care receipt and therefore should be more comprehensively assessed in larger quantitative studies... - Annoyance and other reaction measures to changes in noise exposure - a reviewH E Laszlo
Imperial College London, MRC HPA Centre for Environment and Health, St Mary s Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
Sci Total Environ 435:551-62. 2012..Effects may differ when noise changes rapidly, e.g. after noise mitigation interventions or with changes in road or airport configurations... - Social differences in insulin-like growth factor-1: findings from a British birth cohortMeena Kumari
International Institute for Society and Health, University College London, London, UK
Ann Epidemiol 18:664-70. 2008..Our aim is to examine whether there are social differences in IGF-1 in a cohort of participants between 44 and 45 years of age... - Is attachment style a source of resilience against health inequalities at work?Mel Bartley
University College London, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 64:765-75. 2007..As it is not strongly related to parents' social class, it can be argued that attachment style has acted as a source of upward social mobility which is also likely to reinforce better health in later life... - Lifecourse influences on health among British adults: effects of region of residence in childhood and adulthoodDavid P Strachan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:522-31. 2007..We examined inter-regional migrants in Britain to evaluate the relative importance of early and recent exposures for adult cardiorespiratory risk factors, mental ill-health and sensory function... - Life-course influences on health in British adults: effects of socio-economic position in childhood and adulthoodChris Power
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:532-9. 2007..We assess whether childhood SEP influences disease risk in mid-life, separately from the effect of adult position, and establish how associations vary across multiple measures of disease risk... - Psychological distress after employment transitions: the role of subjective financial position as a mediatorClaudia Thomas
Institute of Child Health, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 61:48-52. 2007..To explore the extent to which the mental health effects of transitions into unemployment, or other forms of non-employment, and vice versa, are mediated by financial changes... - Ethnic variations in pathways to and use of specialist mental health services in the UK. Systematic reviewKamaldeep Bhui
Department of Psychiatry, Barts and The London, Queen Mary s School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
Br J Psychiatry 182:105-16. 2003..Inequalities of service use across ethnic groups are important to policy makers, service providers and service users...