Victoria de Menil

Project Manager, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research; PhD, London School of Economics; member, Movement for Global Mental Health

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

@EmilieWigdor Excellent paper supporting a female protective effect in autism. Any guess what mechanisms underly the effect?

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

@primerpc @MakerereU Dr Kigozi will be sorely missed.

[Grace Ryan @gracekryan]

Stigma is a "form of corrosive fog or miasma in which all aspects of mental health exist", says @ThornicroftG. #stigma #mindthemind @TimetoChange @KingsHSPR @GMentalHealth #roadtoGMH #RoadtoGlobalMH

[Grace Ryan @gracekryan]

Packed house for Charlotte Hanlon's talk on integration of #mentalhealth in primary care! Love it ❤️ #womeninGH #roadtoGMH @GMentalHealth @primerpc

[Dr. Peter A Singer, OC @PeterASinger]

US democracy is a model for the world. So sad to hear a Presidential candidate refuse to say he will accept election results. #debate

[Karen Coviello 🌻 (she/her) @KarenCoviello]

I knew they were trouble. #badhombres #Debatenight

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Trump says that people will "pour over our borders." But net migration now between US and Mexico is FROM US and TO Mexico.

[NPR Politics @nprpolitics]

From an earlier NPR fact check: Immigrants commit violent crime at lower rate than those born in the US #debatenight https://t.co/kKec1i8XBj

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#debatenight good idea from Clinton: give police #mentalhealth training

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

Great news for #globalmentalhealth from India https://t.co/yHcBs8QCCA

[PRIME @primerpc]

A new mental health care bill decriminalising attempted suicide have been passed in India! https://t.co/M5el2v5QMd

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks @StanleyCenter has begun a collaboration to study #autism in subSaharan Africa, where #autism is diagnosed in more severe cases

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks Utah and NJ hosted the first large-scale surveys of #autism - better surveillance than some other states. @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks there is 50% concordance btw identical twins with #schizophrenia. Genes are not the only cause of disease. @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks polygenic risk is terrible at predicting who will become a case or control of #autism or #schizophrenia @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks Broad has genotyped every case of #autism in the #Danish pop since 1980 thanks to Danish blood spots @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks #autism is diagnosed 2-3x more in boys than girls with low IQ, but "astronomically more" in boys w/ high IQ. @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks there is overlap of symptoms btw cases & controls of #autism. There's no line that defines case vs control. @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks polygenic risk for #autism is associated with higher IQ. This is the reverse of #schizophrenia. @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks #autism is diagnosed 20x more now than in 1990 @StanleyCenter

[Victoria de Menil @vdemenil]

#broadtalks low IQ is associated with more de novo genetic variants in #autism @StanleyCenter