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Book Chapters

Tzoumakis S; Green M; Laurens K; Dean K; Carr V, 2018, 'Intergenerational transmission of antisocial behaviour in childhood: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study', in Eichelsheim VI; van de Weijer SGA (ed.), Intergenerational continuity of criminal and antisocial behaviour, Routledge, pp. 76 - 95, https://www.routledge.com/Intergenerational-Continuity-of-Criminal-and-Antisocial-Behaviour-An-International/Eichelsheim-van-de-Weijer/p/book/9781138103375

Laurens K; Hodgins S; Taylor EA; Murray RM, 2011, 'Is earlier intervention for schizophrenia possible? Identifying antecedents of schizophrenia in children aged 9-12 years', in David AS; Kapur S; McGuffin P (ed.), Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier - A Festschrift for Robin M. Murray, Psychology Press Ltd, Taylor & Francis Press, pp. 19 - 32

Journal articles

Laurens KR; Carpendale EJ, 2026, 'Author reply to Letter to the Editor regarding 'Middle childhood profiles of social-emotional competencies and difficulties differentiate risk of health service presentations with adolescent mental disorders'', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261462751

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2026, 'Middle childhood profiles of social-emotional competencies and difficulties differentiate risk of health service presentations with adolescent mental disorders', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 653 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674261426776

Laurens K; Piltz L; Graham L; Carpendale E; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Whitten T; Dean K; Green M, 2026, 'Out-of-school suspension and police contact: Identifying early opportunities to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline', , http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/crg78175

Williams KE; Hayes N; Laurens KR; Kimber M; Carrington S; Spina N; Spooner-Lane R, 2026, 'A Decade of Elementary School Improvement Data: Documenting Longitudinal Associations Among Attendance, Suspension, School Climate, and Achievement', Improving Schools, 28, pp. 39 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13654802251405912

Watkeys OJ; O'Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Subsequent Adolescent Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm', Journal of Adolescent Health, 78, pp. 267 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.09.014

Cheung MMY; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Mental health service use during childhood and adolescence: An Australian longitudinal population cohort study.', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 292 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251413871

Cheung MMY; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Dean K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Which mental health services are Australian young people using first?', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 60, pp. 91 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251388545

Watkeys O; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2026, 'Adolescent Pregnancy Among Girls Known to Child Protection Services: An Australian Longitudinal Cohort Study Using Data Linkage', Medical Journal of Australia, 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70130

Williams KE; Berthelsen D; Rogers J; Laurens KR; Ekberg S; Ritchie T; Carpendale EJ; Piltz LM, 2026, 'Pathways to adolescent executive function in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: The role of early skills and learning environments.', Developmental Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0002156

Si S; Kempton M; Hedges E; Antoniades M; Roberts RE; Cullen AE; Laurens KR, 2026, 'Trajectories of grey and white matter volume in children at elevated risk for schizophrenia', CNS Spectrums, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1092852926101047

Laurens KR; Piltz LM; Graham LJ; Carpendale EJ; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Whitten T; Carr VJ; Dean K; Green MJ, 2026, 'Out-of-school suspension from primary school and early contact with police', TRENDS AND ISSUES IN CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.52922/ti78182

Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Cheung MMY; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Geographic mapping of adverse childhood experiences and adolescent suicidal ideation/self-harm in New South Wales, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 1084 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251369628

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; White SLJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Middle childhood social-emotional competencies mediate the effects of school-entry literacy and numeracy skills on secondary school reading and numeracy attainment', Learning and Individual Differences, 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102778

Piltz LM; Graham LJ; Green MJ; Dean K; Carpendale EJ; Harris F; Watkeys OJ; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Students’ accumulation of disciplinary school exclusion experiences over time: Prevalence, patterns, and correlates in an Australian population cohort', Children and Youth Services Review, 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108608

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Psychiatric diagnoses prior to the first onset of non-affective and affective psychoses', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 859 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361768

Carpendale EJ; Bell MC; Cullen AE; Dickson H; Roberts RE; Fisher HL; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Differentiation of childhood risk profiles for schizophrenia according to the development of verbal and performance intelligence', Schizophrenia Research, 283, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2025.07.001

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Dix KL; Tzoumakis S; Williams KE; White SLJ; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2025, 'An exploratory evaluation of universal social-emotional learning programs delivered during elementary school to Australian students', Journal of School Psychology, 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2025.101447

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; White SLJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2025, 'Promoting effective transitions: Primary school social–emotional competencies predict secondary school reading and numeracy achievement', British Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, pp. 496 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12735

Watkeys OJ; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; O’Hare K; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Latent trajectories of mental health service use in an Australian state population cohort of children', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 457 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674251324805

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2025, 'Cumulative incidence of adolescent mental disorders following childhood maltreatment: An Australian longitudinal population cohort study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 197 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241307150

Haussler SM; Zahid U; Day F; Ciufolini S; Petros N; Gifford G; Alameda L; Quattrone D; Dazzan P; Pariante C; Fisher HL; Laurens KR; Di Forti M; Wood SJ; Murray RM; McGuire P; Mondelli V; Cullen AE, 2025, 'Salivary cortisol measures across the clinical stages of psychosis: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107283

Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Green MJ; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2025, 'Sex differences in the patterns of police contact during childhood and adolescence: A population-based study of 79,446 Australian young people', Journal of Criminology, 58, pp. 155 - 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076241269755

Harris F; Dean K; Watkeys OJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 56, pp. 201 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-023-01549-2

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2025, 'Research Letter: Cumulative incidence of psychotropic drug prescriptions among children and adolescents in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59, pp. 180 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241307152

Cullen AE; Roberts RE; Fisher HL; Laurens KR, 2024, 'Clinical and functional outcomes at 7-year follow-up of children presenting putative antecedents of schizophrenia at age 9-12 years', Schizophrenia, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41537-024-00507-8

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris MAClinEpi F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K; Harris F, 2024, 'Patterns of health service use for children with mental disorders in an Australian state population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58, pp. 857 - 874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674241258599

Athanassiou U; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Dean K, 2024, 'Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life', Children and Youth Services Review, 163, pp. 107705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107705

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2024, 'Cumulative comorbidity between neurodevelopmental, internalising, and externalising disorders in childhood: a network approach', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, pp. 2231 - 2241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02312-7

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Harris F; O'Hare K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Carpendale EJ; Dean K; Carr VJ, 2024, 'Cohort Profile Update: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) - Wave 3 (child age ∼18 years)', International Journal of Epidemiology, 53, pp. dyae069 - dyae069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae069

Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2024, 'Levels of Involvement with Child Protection Services Associated with Early Adolescent Police Contact as a Victim and Person of Interest', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 39, pp. 2708 - 2732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605231223468

Bradley M; Dean K; Lim S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Tzoumakis S; O’Hare K; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2024, 'Early life exposure to air pollution and psychotic-like experiences, emotional symptoms, and conduct problems in middle childhood', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59, pp. 87 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02533-w

Watkeys OJ; Dean K; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Harris F, 2024, 'Medicare-subsidised mental health service use during the first 15 years of life in New South Wales: a population cohort study', Medical Journal of Australia, 221, pp. 554 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52498

Piltz LM; Carpendale EJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1962

O’Hare K; Laurens KR; Watkeys O; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Linscott RJ; Carr VJ; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 2023, 'Parental mental disorders and offspring schizotypy in middle childhood: an intergenerational record linkage study', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58, pp. 1637 - 1648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02455-7

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Childhood Schizotypy and Adolescent Mental Disorder.', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50, pp. 69 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbad132

Ribeiro WS; Romeo R; King D; Owens S; Gronholm PC; Fisher HL; Laurens KR; Evans-Lacko S, 2023, 'Influence of stigma, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on mental health-related service use and associated costs among young people in the United Kingdom', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, pp. 1363 - 1373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01947-2

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Measurement Invariance Across Sex and Language Background of a Self-Report Social-Emotional Learning Questionnaire for Middle Childhood', Child Indicators Research, 16, pp. 1233 - 1249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10015-3

O'Hare K; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys O; Katz I; Laurens KR; Butler M; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Out-of-home care characteristics associated with childhood educational underachievement, mental disorder, and police contacts in an Australian population sample', Child Abuse and Neglect, 139, pp. 106120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106120

Mehta D; Kelly AB; Laurens KR; Haslam D; Williams KE; Walsh K; Baker PRA; Carter HE; Khawaja NG; Zelenko O; Mathews B, 2023, 'Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 54, pp. 421 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01258-8

Graham LJ; Killingly C; Laurens KR; Sweller N, 2023, 'Overrepresentation of Indigenous students in school suspension, exclusion, and enrolment cancellation in Queensland: is there a case for systemic inclusive school reform?', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 167 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00504-1

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Cumulative Environmental Risk in Early Life: Associations With Schizotypy in Childhood', Schizophrenia bulletin, 49, pp. 244 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac160

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Badcock JC; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Pathways from developmental vulnerabilities in early childhood to schizotypy in middle childhood', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, pp. 228 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12405

Gutteridge TP; Kelly AB; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Increased likelihood of distressing and functionally impairing psychotic-like experiences among children with co-occurring internalising and externalising problems', Schizophrenia Research, 252, pp. 225 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.01.017

Athanassiou U; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2023, 'Relationships between parental mental illness and/or offending and offspring contact with the police in childhood: Findings from a longitudinal record-linkage study', Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 33, pp. 72 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2274

Matheson SL; Laurie M; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Substance use and psychotic-like experiences in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 305 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722003440

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Item Response Theory Analysis of Self-Reported Social–Emotional Learning Competencies in an Australian Population Cohort Aged 11 Years', School Psychology, 38, pp. 247 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000533

Kelly AB; Munnings A; Zhao X; Rowland B; Laurens KR; Campbell M; Williams J; Bailey JA; Killingly C; Abimanyi-Ochom J; Kremer P; Toumbourou JW, 2023, 'Polydrug use in Australian 12-14 year olds from 2006 to 2017: an examination of drug use profiles, emotional control problems, and family relationship characteristics', Australian Journal of Psychology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2023.2174705

Green MJ; Piotrowska PJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Butler M; Katz I; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2023, 'Profiles of Resilience from Early to Middle Childhood among Children Known to Child Protection Services', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52, pp. 533 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1969652


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