Reproductive Mental Health

Research

We have contributed to over 100 publications in a number of peer-reviewed journals.

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Letter to the editor: Having two children might not be best for women s mental health
Letter to the editor: Having two children might not be best for women's mental health
Lisa M. Shitomi-Jones, Isobel A. Young, Chloe Apsey, Jessica Mei Kay Yang
Journal of Affective Disorders  ·  01 Feb 2026  ·  doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.120503

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2026

From Genomes to Conversations: Outreach and Engagement in Psychiatric Genetics
From Genomes to Conversations: Outreach and Engagement in Psychiatric Genetics
Helena L. Davies, Niamh M. Ryan, Kylie K. Reed, Natasha Berthold, Jared G. Maina, …, Cynthia M. Bulik, Cathryn M. Lewis, Danielle M. Dick, Jerry Guintivano, Howard J. Edenberg
Behavior Genetics  ·  05 Feb 2026  ·  doi:10.1007/s10519-025-10246-w
Letter to the editor: Having two children might not be best for women s mental health
Letter to the editor: Having two children might not be best for women's mental health
Lisa M. Shitomi-Jones, Isobel A. Young, Chloe Apsey, Jessica Mei Kay Yang
Journal of Affective Disorders  ·  01 Feb 2026  ·  doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.120503

2025

Genomic dimensions deconstruct the clinical heterogeneity of bipolar disorder
Genomic dimensions deconstruct the clinical heterogeneity of bipolar disorder
Tracey van der Veen, Markos Tesfaye, Jessica Mei Kay Yang, Toni Boltz, Friederike S. David, …, Howard J. Edenberg, Francis J. McMahon, Ole A. Andreassen, Arianna Di Florio, Andrew McQuillin
openRxiv  ·  25 Jun 2025  ·  doi:10.1101/2025.06.23.25330155
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Kevin S. O’Connell, Maria Koromina, Tracey van der Veen, Toni Boltz, Friederike S. David, …, Arianna Di Florio, Roel A. Ophoff, Ole A. Andreassen, Tracey van der Veen, Dan Siskind
Nature  ·  22 Jan 2025  ·  doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9

2024

Developing a Mood and Menstrual Tracking App for People With Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: User-Centered Design Study
Developing a Mood and Menstrual Tracking App for People With Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: User-Centered Design Study
Chloe Apsey, Arianna Di Florio, Katarzyna Stawarz
JMIR Formative Research  ·  24 Dec 2024  ·  doi:10.2196/59333
Exploration of first onsets of mania, schizophrenia spectrum disorders and major depressive disorder in perimenopause
Exploration of first onsets of mania, schizophrenia spectrum disorders and major depressive disorder in perimenopause
Lisa M. Shitomi-Jones, Clare Dolman, Ian Jones, George Kirov, Valentina Escott-Price, Sophie E. Legge, Arianna Di Florio
Nature Mental Health  ·  15 Aug 2024  ·  doi:10.1038/s44220-024-00292-4

2023

Meta-Analyses of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Postpartum Depression
Meta-Analyses of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Postpartum Depression
Jerry Guintivano, Enda M. Byrne, Jacqueline Kiewa, Shuyang Yao, Anna E. Bauer, …, David C. Whiteman, Heather J. Zar, Naomi Wray, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, Patrick Sullivan
American Journal of Psychiatry  ·  01 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.20230053
Etiologic Studies of Premenstrual Disorders Require Prospective Confirmation of Affective Cyclicity
Etiologic Studies of Premenstrual Disorders Require Prospective Confirmation of Affective Cyclicity
Arianna Di Florio, Chloe Apsey, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul
JAMA Psychiatry  ·  01 Nov 2023  ·  doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3287
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Kevin S. O’Connell, Maria Koromina, Tracey van der Veen, Toni Boltz, Friederike S. David, …, Andreas J. Forstner, Niamh Mullins, Arianna Di Florio, Roel A. Ophoff, Ole A. Andreassen
openRxiv  ·  07 Oct 2023  ·  doi:10.1101/2023.10.07.23296687
Postpartum psychosis: a public involvement perspective across three continents
Postpartum psychosis: a public involvement perspective across three continents
Jessica Mei Kay Yang, Kimneihat Vaiphei, Mercy Siliya, Thandiwe Mkandawire, Clare Dolman, …, Harish Thippeswamy, Ian Jones, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani, Prabha Chandra, Arianna Di Florio
Archives of Women's Mental Health  ·  24 Aug 2023  ·  doi:10.1007/s00737-023-01347-8
Formation of a stakeholder group of women with a lived experience of Post-partum Psychoses PP Experience from a perinatal psychiatry service in India
Formation of a stakeholder group of women with a lived experience of Post-partum Psychoses (PP) – Experience from a perinatal psychiatry service in India
Kimneihat Vaiphei, Shivanand Yaresheemi, Jessica M.K. Yang, Arianna Di Florio, Prabha S. Chandra, Harish Thippeswamy
Asian Journal of Psychiatry  ·  01 Jun 2023  ·  doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103592
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics of clozapine in an ancestrally diverse sample: a longitudinal analysis and genome-wide association study using UK clinical monitoring data
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics of clozapine in an ancestrally diverse sample: a longitudinal analysis and genome-wide association study using UK clinical monitoring data
Antonio F Pardiñas, Djenifer B Kappel, Milly Roberts, Francesca Tipple, Lisa M Shitomi-Jones, …, John Jansen, Marinka Helthuis, Michael J Owen, Michael C O’Donovan, James T R Walters
The Lancet Psychiatry  ·  01 Mar 2023  ·  doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00002-0

2022

Puerperal Psychosis
Puerperal Psychosis
Jessica Mei Kay Yang, Ian Jones, Arianna Di Florio
Key Topics in Perinatal Mental Health  ·  01 Jan 2022  ·  doi:10.1007/978-3-030-91832-3_9

2021

Post-partum psychosis and its association with bipolar disorder in the UK: a case-control study using polygenic risk scores
Post-partum psychosis and its association with bipolar disorder in the UK: a case-control study using polygenic risk scores
Arianna Di Florio, Jessica Mei Kay Yang, Karen Crawford, Veerle Bergink, Ganna Leonenko, …, Michael J Owen, Nick Craddock, Lisa Jones, Michael O’Donovan, Ian Jones
The Lancet Psychiatry  ·  01 Dec 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00253-4
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology
Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology
Niamh Mullins, Andreas J. Forstner, Kevin S. O’Connell, Brandon Coombes, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, …, Eli A. Stahl, Andrew McQuillin, Arianna Di Florio, Roel A. Ophoff, Ole A. Andreassen
Nature Genetics  ·  17 May 2021  ·  doi:10.1038/s41588-021-00857-4

2020

Environmental enrichment rescues survival and function of adult-born neurons following early life stress
Environmental enrichment rescues survival and function of adult-born neurons following early life stress
Lowenna Rule, Jessica Yang, Holly Watkin, Jeremy Hall, Nichola Marie Brydges
Molecular Psychiatry  ·  14 Apr 2020  ·  doi:10.1038/s41380-020-0718-4
Inability to improve performance with control shows limited access to inner states.
Inability to improve performance with control shows limited access to inner states.
Marlou Nadine Perquin, Jessica Yang, Christoph Teufel, Petroc Sumner, Craig Hedge, Aline Bompas
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General  ·  01 Feb 2020  ·  doi:10.1037/xge0000641