Graeme Fairchild

Mental health problems as mediators between childhood trauma and cardiometabolic risk behaviours in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort

BACKGROUND: Childhood trauma is associated with greater engagement in health risk behaviours (HRBs) that predispose to cardiometabolic disease. However, the mechanisms underlying these associations remain poorly understood. Mental health problems are hypothesised to mediate links...

Annual Research Review: Sex differences in conduct disorder – revisiting existing evidence and exploring future directions

Conduct disorder (CD) is a common psychiatric disorder in youth, characterized by severe and recurrent aggressive and antisocial behaviors and associated with substantial healthcare and societal costs. Rates of CD increase during adolescence in both sexes, with the male‐to‐female...