The SGDP Department’s focus is on common psychiatric disorders that emerge in childhood such as mood disorders (anxiety and depression), ‘externalising’ disorders (disruptive behaviour including hyperactivity and addictions), and cognitive disorders (learning disabilities and the autistic spectrum). Scientists at the SGDP lead some of the UK’s foremost longitudinal cohort and twin studies including TEDS, eRISK, Dunedin, IMAGEN and GLAD. Collaborative interdisciplinary research and training are the hallmarks of the SGDP, with research encompassing behavioural genetics, molecular genetics, experimental psychology and psychiatry, and neuroimaging.

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  Professor Avshalom Caspi

  Chair in Social/Personality Psychology

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  Professor Terrie E. Moffitt

  Chair in Social Behaviour & Development

Cannabis clinic

Cannabis Clinic for Patients with Psychosis - Specialist clinic changing the lives of people…

Danese Lab: Stress & Development

The Stress & Development Laboratory brings together a group of basic and clinical researchers under…

EDIT Lab

The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) lab is led by Prof Thalia Eley and…

Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study

The E-Risk study started in 1998 when founders Terrie E Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi along with…

ReSpect Lab

The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students…

TEDS: Twins Early Development Study

The Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) is one of the leading large-scale twin studies in the…

The Dunedin Study

The Dunedin Study, a detailed study of human health, development and behavior, was founded by Dr…

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