2026
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Khalifeh, L., Burt, S.A., Ganiban, J.M., Hsu, R.E., Hyde, L.W., Lee, S., Leve, L.D., Natsuaki, M.N., Neiderhiser, J.M., Reiss, D., Shaw, D.S., Suarez, G.L., & Wertz, J. (2026). Disentangling shared and unique effects of parenting on psychopathology: Evidence from two prospective, genetically sensitive cohort studies. JCPP Advances, e70134. Link to publication
Reuben, A., Milne, B., Shah, D., Brennan, G., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Guiney, H., Harrington, H., Hobbs, M., Houts, R., Ramakrishnan, M., Ramrakha, S., Theodore, M., Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T.E. (2026). Longer residence in disadvantaged neighborhoods predicts both a syndrome of despair and deaths of despair: Complementary evidence from nationwide register and birth-cohort studies. Clinical Psychological Science, 1-15. Link to publication
Fang, Y., Sen, S., Pathak, G.A., Burmeister, M., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2026). Testing bidirectional associations of depression with medical conditions: Two-sample Mendelian randomization study. npj Mental Health Research, 5, 24. Link to publication
Wertz, J., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2026). Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimisation: What explains the link? The Lancet Regional Health – Europe; 65, 101699. Link to publication
Caspi, A., Houts, R.M., Tegner Anker, A.S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Andersen, S.H., Theodore, R., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T.E., & Torvik, F.A. (2026). What does psychopathology research have to gain by studying all mental disorders at the same time? Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 135, 537-543. Link to publication
Caspi, A., Houts, R.M., Anker, A.S.T., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Andersen, S.H., Theodore, R., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T.E., & Torvik, F.A. (2026). Why psychopathology research should avoid studying one mental disorder at a time: An intergenerational and developmental evidence base for understanding ‘p’. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 135, 461-494. Link to publication
Wertz, J., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2026). The nature and nurture of mental health problems in the family. PLOS Medicine, 23, e1004867. Link to publication
2025
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Milne, B.J., Houts, R.M., Davie, G., D’Souza, S., Goldman-Mellor, S., Khalifeh, L., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Torvik, F.A. (in press). Mental health conditions are associated with increased risk of subsequent self-harm, assault and unintentional injuries in two nations. Nature Mental Health. Advance online. Link to publication
Khalifeh, L., Caspi, A., Dent, K.R., Harrington, H., Meier, M.H., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Moffitt, T.E., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2025). Characterizing midlife-onset alcohol dependence: Implications for etiology, prevention, and healthy aging. Clinical Psychological Science, 13, 301-315. Link to publication
2024
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Dent, K.R., Andersen, S.H., D’Souza, S., & Milne, B.J. (2024). Population-level administrative data: A resource to advance psychological science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33, 361-370. Link to publication
Caspi, A., Houts, R.M., Moffitt, T.E., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Hanna, M., Sunde, H.F., & Torvik, F.A. (2024). A nationwide analysis of 350 million patient encounters reveals a high volume of mental-health conditions in primary care. Nature Mental Health, 2, 1208-1216. Link to publication
Andersen, S.H., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Moffitt, T.E., & Caspi, A. (2024). The causal effect of mental health on labor market outcomes: The case of stress-related mental disorders following a factory explosion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2316423121. Link to publication
Westerman, H.B., Suarez, G.L., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Nusslock, R., Klump, K.L., Burt, S.A., & Hyde, L.W. (2024). Exposure to community violence as a mechanism linking neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and neural responses to reward. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19, nsae029. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., D’Souza, S., Milne, B.J., & Andersen, S.H. (2024). Suicides, drug poisonings, and alcohol-related deaths cluster with health and social disadvantage in 4.1 million citizens from two nations. Psychological Medicine, 54, 1610-1619. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Iyer, M.T., D’Souza, S., Khalifeh, L., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., & Milne, B.J. (2024). Associations of hospital-treated infections with subsequent dementia: Nationwide 30-year analysis. Nature Aging. Advance online. Link to publication
Dent, K.R., Brennan, G.M., Khalifeh, L., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2024). Midlife diseases of despair and cardiometabolic risk: testing shared origins in adolescent psychopathology. Psychological Medicine, 54, 1610–1619. Link to publication
Reuben, A., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Milne, B., Shah, D., Pearson, A., Hogan, S., Ireland, D., Keenan, R., Knodt, A.R., Melzer, T., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Whitman, E., Hariri, A.R., Moffitt, T.E., & Caspi, A. (2024). Dementia, dementia’s risk factors and premorbid brain structure are concentrated in disadvantaged areas: National register and birth-cohort geographic analyses. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. Link to publication
Cole, V.T., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Bierce, L.F., Norotsky, R.L., Peiris, S.T., & Hussong, A.M. (2024). Peer connectedness and substance use in adolescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 38, 19–35. Link to publication
2022
Slutske, W.S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Piasecki, T.M., Ramrakha, S., Poulton, R., Moffitt, T.E., & Caspi, A. (2022). Disordered gambling in a longitudinal birth cohort: From childhood precursors to adult life outcomes. Psychological Medicine, 53(12), 5800-5808. Link to publication
Milne, B.J., D’Souza, S., Andersen, S.H., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2022). Use of population-level administrative data in developmental science. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 4, 447-468. Link to publication
Fang, Y., Fritsche, L.G., Mukherjee, B., Sen, S., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2022). Polygenic liability to depression is associated with multiple medical conditions in the electronic health record: Phenome-wide association study of 46,782 individuals. Biological Psychiatry, 92(12), 923-931. Link to publication
Meier, M.H., Caspi, A., Ambler, A., Hariri, A.R., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Houts, R., Knodt, A.R., Ramrakha, S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Poulton, R., & Moffitt, T.E. (2022). Long-term cannabis users: Preparedness for healthy aging and polysubstance use in a population-representative longitudinal study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 3(10), e703-e714. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd L.S., D’Souza S., Milne B.J., Caspi A., Moffitt T.E. (2022). Longitudinal Associations of Mental Disorders With Dementia: 30-Year Analysis of 1.7 Million New Zealand Citizens. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(4), 333-340. Link to publication
2021
Wertz, J., Salomon, I., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D.W., Bourassa, K.J., Harrington, H.L., Houts, R., Poulton, R., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Roysamb, E., Moffitt, T.E., Caspi, A. (2021). Vital personality scores and healthy aging: Life-course associations and familial transmission. Social Science & Medicine, 285, 114283. Link to publication
Andersen, S. H., Richmond-Rakerd, L. S., Moffitt, T. E., & Caspi, A. (2021). Nationwide evidence that education disrupts the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(31), e2103896118. Link to publication
Elliott, M.L., Caspi, A., Houts, R.M., Ambler, A., Broadbent, J.M., Hancox, R.J., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Keenan, R., Knodt, A., Leung, J.H., Melzer, T.R., Purdy, S.C., Ramrakha, S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Righarts, A., Sugden, K., Thomson, W.M., Thorne, P.R., Williams, B.S., Wilson, G., Hariri, A.R., Poulton, R., & Moffitt, T.E. (2021). Disparities in the pace of biological aging among midlife adults of the same chronological age have implications for future frailty risk and policy. Nature Aging, 1, 295-308. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Caspi, A., Ambler, A., d’Arbeloff, T., de Bruine, M., Elliott, M., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Houts, R.M., Ireland, D., Keenan, R., Knodt, A.R., Melzer, T.R., Park, S., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Rasmussen, L.J.H., Sack, E., Schmidt, A.T., Sison, M.L., Wertz, J., Hariri, A.R., Moffitt, T.E. (2021). Childhood self-control forecasts the pace of midlife aging and preparedness for old age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,118(3), e2010211118. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., D’Souza, S., Milne, B.J., Caspi, A., & Moffitt, T.E. (2021). Longitudinal associations of mental disorders with physical diseases and mortality in 2.3 million New Zealand citizens. JAMA Network Open, 4(1), e2033448 . Link to publication
Wertz, J., Caspi, A., Ambler, A., Broadbent, J., Hancox, R.J., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Houts, R.M., Leung, J.H., Poulton, R., Purdy, S.C., Ramrakha, S., Rasmussen, L.J.H., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Thorne, P.R., Wilson, G.A., & Moffitt, T.E. (2021). History of psychopathology as a risk factor for accelerated aging: Evidence from a population-representative longitudinal cohort study. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(5), 1–10. Link to publication
2020
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Moffitt, T.E., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D.W., Connor, J., Corcoran, D., Harrington, H., Houts, R.M., Poulton, R., Prinz, J., Ramrakha, S., Sugden, K., Wertz, J., Williams, B., & Caspi, A. (2020). A polygenic score for age-at-first-birth predicts disinhibition. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(12), 1349-1359. Link to publication
Wertz, J., Moffitt, T.E., Agnew-Blais, J., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D.W., Corcoran, D., Houts, R., Matthews, T., Prinz, J.A., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Sugden, K., Williams, B., & Caspi, A. (2020). Using DNA from mothers and children to study parental investment in children’s educational attainment. Child Development, 91(5), 1745-1761. Link to publication
Wertz, J., Caspi, A., Ambler, A., Arseneault, L., Belsky, D.W., Danese, A., Fisher, H.L., Matthews, T., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., & Moffitt, T.E. (2020). Borderline symptoms at age 12 signal risk for poor outcomes during the transition to adulthood: Findings from a genetically sensitive longitudinal cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(10), 1165-1177.e2. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., D’Souza, S., Andersen, S.H., Hogan, S., Houts, R.M., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Caspi, A., Milne, B.J., & Moffitt, T.E. (2020). Clustering of health, crime and social-welfare inequality in 4 million citizens from two nations. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 255-264. Link to publication
Caspi, A., Houts, R.M., Ambler, A., Danese, A., Elliot, M.L., Hariri, A., Harrington, H., Hogan, S., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Rasmussen, L.H.J., Reuben, A., Richmond Rakerd, L.S., Sugden, K., Wertz, J., Williams, B.S., & Moffitt, T.E. (2020). Longitudinal assessment of mental health disorders and comorbidities across 4 decades among participants in the Dunedin Birth Cohort Study. JAMA Network Open, 3(4), e203221. Link to publication
2019
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Caspi, A., Arseneault, L., Baldwin, J.R., Danese, A., Houts, R.M., Matthews, T., Wertz, J., & Moffitt, T.E. (2019). Adolescents who self-harm and commit violent crime: Testing early-life predictors of dual harm in a longitudinal cohort study. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 176(3), 186-195. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Trull, T.J., Gizer, I.R., McLaughlin, K.D., Scheiderer, E.M., Nelson, E., Agrawal, A., Lynskey, M.T., Madden, P.A.F., Heath, A.C., Statham, D.J., & Martin, N.G. (2019). Common genetic contributions to high-risk trauma exposure and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. Psychological Medicine, 49(3), 421-430. Link to publication
Baldwin, J.R., Arseneault, L., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., Fisher, H.L., Odgers, C.L., Ambler, A., Houts, R., Matthews, T., Ougrin, D., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Takizawa, R., & Danese, A. (2019). Adolescent victimization and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A genetically sensitive cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(5), 506-513. Link to publication
Rasmussen, L.J.H., Caspi, A., Ambler, A., Cohen, H., d’Arbeloff, T., Elliott, M., Hariri, A., Harrington, H., Houts, R.M., Ireland, D., Knodt, A., Meredith-Jones, K., Morey, M., Morrison, L., Poulton, R., Ramrakha, S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Sison, M, Sneddon, K., & Moffitt, T.E. (2019). Association of neurocognitive and physical function with gait speed in midlife. JAMA Network Open, 2(10), e1913123. Link to publication
2017
Richmond-Rakerd, L. S., & Belsky, D. W. (2017). Swedish register analysis of divorce and alcohol use disorder highlights social relationships as a target for preventive psychiatry and genetic research. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(5), 411-413. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., & Wood, P.K. (2017). Age of initiation and substance use progression: A multivariate latent growth analysis. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31(6), 664-675. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Otto, J.M., Slutske, W.S., Ehlers, C.L., Wilhelmsen, K.C., & Gizer, I.R. (2017). A novel tobacco use phenotype suggests the 15q25 and 19q13 loci may be differentially associated with cigarettes per day and tobacco-related problems. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 19(4), 426-434. Link to publication
2016
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., Lynskey, M.T., Agrawal, A., Madden, P.A.F., Bucholz, K.K., Heath, A.C., Statham, D.J., & Martin, N.G. (2016). Age at first use and later substance use disorder: Shared genetic and environmental pathways for nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(7), 946-959. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Fleming, K.A., & Slutske, W.S. (2016). Investigating progression in substance use initiation using a Multiple Event Process Survival Mixture (MEPSUM) approach. Clinical Psychological Science, 4(2), 167-182. Link to publication
Ellingson, J.M., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Statham, D.J., Martin, N.G., & Slutske, W.S. (2016). Most of the genetic covariation between major depressive and alcohol use disorders is explained by trait measures of negative emotionality and behavioral control. Psychological Medicine, 46(14), 2919-2930. Link to publication
2015
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., Deutsch, A.R., Lynskey, M.T., Agrawal, A., Madden, P.A.F., Bucholz, K.K., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2015). Progression in substance use initiation: A multilevel discordant monozygotic twin design. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(3), 596–605. Link to publication
Ellingson, J.M., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., & Slutske, W.S. (2015). Brief report: Cognitive control helps explain comorbidity between alcohol use disorder and internalizing disorders. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76(1), 89-94. Link to publication
2014
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2014). Genetic and environmental influences on the ages of drinking and gambling initiation: Evidence for distinct aetiologies and sex differences. Addiction, 109(2), 323-331. Link to publication
Slutske, W.S., & Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2014). A closer look at evidence for sex differences in the genetic and environmental influences on gambling in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health: From dis-ordered to ordered gambling. Addiction, 109(1), 120-7. Link to publication
Slutske, W.S., Deutsch, A.R., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Chernyavskiy, P., Statham, D.J., & Martin, N.G. (2014). Test of a potential causal influence of earlier age of gambling initiation on gambling involvement and disorder: A multi-level discordant twin design. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28(4), 1177-89. Link to publication
2013
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2013). Effects of sibship size and composition on younger brothers’ and sisters’ alcohol use initiation: Findings from an Australian twin sample. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(6), 1016-1024. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Slutske, W.S., & Piasecki, T.M. (2013). Birth cohort and sex differences in the age of gambling initiation in the United States. International Gambling Studies, 13(3), 417-429. Link to publication
Richmond-Rakerd, L.S. (2013). Modern advances in genetic testing: Ethical challenges and training implications for current and future psychologists. Ethics and Behavior, 23(1), 31-43. Link to publication
Slutske, W.S., Ellingson, J.M., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Zhu, G., & Martin, N.G. (2013). Shared genetic vulnerability for disordered gambling and alcohol use disorder in men and women: Evidence from a national community-based twin study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(2), 525-534. Link to publication
Ellingson, J.M., Slutske, W.S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., & Martin, N.G. (2013). Investigating the influence of prenatal androgen exposure and sibling effects on alcohol use and alcohol use disorder in females from opposite-sex twin pairs. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(5), 868-876. Link to publication
Deutsch, A.R., Slutske, W.S., Richmond-Rakerd, L.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2013). Causal influence of age at first drink on alcohol involvement in adulthood and its moderation by familial context. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74(5), 703-713. Link to publication