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Evidence for the independence of positive and negative well-being: Implications for quality of life assessment by Huppert, Felicia A., Whittington, Joyce E.

“…Objectives: Evidence is accumulating that positive mental states are more than the absence of symptoms, and may play an independent role in health outcomes…”
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Changing rates of genetic subtypes of Prader-Willi syndrome in the UK by WHITTINGTON, Joyce E, BUTLER, Jill V, HOLLAND, Anthony J

“…The genetically determined neurodevelopmental disorder, Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), has two main genetic subtypes: a 15q11-q13 deletion affecting the…”
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Defining Mental and Behavioural Disorders in Genetically Determined Neurodevelopmental Syndromes with Particular Reference to Prader-Willi Syndrome by Holland, Anthony J, Aman, Lucie C S, Whittington, Joyce E

“…Genetically determined neurodevelopmental syndromes are frequently associated with a particular developmental trajectory, and with a cognitive profile and…”
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Mechanistic insights into the genetics of affective psychosis from Prader-Willi syndrome by Aman, Lucie C S, Manning, Katherine E, Whittington, Joyce E, Holland, Anthony J

“…Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are common, severe, and disabling psychotic disorders, which are difficult to research. We argue that the genetically…”
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The transition between the phenotypes of Prader‐Willi syndrome during infancy and early childhood by BUTLER, JILL V, WHITTINGTON, JOYCE E, HOLLAND, ANTHONY J, McALLISTER, CATHERINE J, GOLDSTONE, ANTHONY P

“…Aim  Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder historically characterized by two phenotypic stages. The early phenotype in infants is associated with…”
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Symptoms of psychological distress predict 7-year mortality by Huppert, F A, Whittington, J E

“…As part of the Health and Lifestyle Survey (HALS), 6096 adults from a representative sample of community residents completed a standardized questionnaire which…”
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Changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in a community are related to changes in the mean level of psychiatric symptoms by Whittington, J E, Huppert, F A

“…The paper of Anderson et al. (1993), based on cross-sectional data, showed that minor psychiatric disorder in a population is linearly related to the mean…”
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Neuroticism, psychiatric symptoms and life events by Whittington, Joyce E., Huppert, Felicia A.

“…Longitudinal data from the 7-year follow-up of the Health and Lifestyle Survey were used to explore the relationships between (1) psychiatric symptoms and…”
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Normality, deviance and minor psychiatric morbidity in the community--a re-interpretation by Whittington, J E

“…Anderson et al. (1993) presented two models of psychiatric morbidity that they claimed represented 'individual'-based and 'community'-based explanations. They…”
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Smoking and cognitive decline by Whittington, Joyce E., Huppert, Felicia A.

“…The decline in cognitive functioning over a 7‐year period in long‐term regular smokers over the age of 50 was compared with that of lifelong non‐smokers. The…”
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Mathematical ability and the right-shift theory of handedness by Whittington, J E, Richards, P N

“…A genetic theory of handedness, the right-shift theory, associates differential patterns of cerebral functioning with contrasting handedness groups and…”
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Identification and investigation of dyscalculia by Whittington, Joyce E

“…Dyscalculia is defined as a structural disorder of mathematical abilities, leading to underachievement in Mathematics, and having its origin in a genetic or…”
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Identification and investigation of dyscalculia by Whittington, Joyce E

“…Dyscalculia is defined as a structural disorder of mathematical abilities, leading to underachievement in Mathematics, and having its origin in a genetic or…”
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