Below is a list of selected publications.

  • A longitudinal DNA methylation atlas and its link to brain structure and mental health
    Chen, D., Yu, X., Cheng, W., Wang, L., Xiang, S., Zhang, W., Banaschewski, T., et al., IMAGEN consortium, ENIGMA Epigenetics Working Group
    Molecular Psychiatry, Accepted/in press
  • Adolescent multi-omics and Mendelian randomization reveal transdiagnostic molecular mechanisms in psychiatric disorders
    Qian, L.#, Shi, R.#, Yu, X.#, Chen, D., Banaschewski, T., et al., IMAGEN consortium
    Nature Mental Health, Accepted/in press
  • Relationships of eating behaviors with psychopathology, brain maturation and genetic risk for obesity in an adolescent cohort study
    Yu, X., Zhang, Z., Herle, M., Banaschewski, T., Barker, G. J., et al., IMAGEN consortium
    Nature Mental Health, 2025
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  • Multimodal investigations of structural and functional brain alterations in anorexia and bulimia nervosa and their relationships to psychopathology
    Yu, X., Robinson, L., Bobou, M., Zhang, Z., et al., IMAGEN, STRATIFY and ESTRA Consortia
    Biological Psychiatry, 2024
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  • Multi-omics analyses of the environMENTAL project provide insights into mental health and disease
    Desrivières, S., Miller, A., Mathey, C. M., Yu, X., et al., environMENTAL Consortium
    Nature Mental Health, 2024
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  • Altered anticipatory brain responses in eating disorders: A neuroimaging meta-analysis
    Yu, X., & Desrivières, S.
    European Eating Disorders Review, 2023
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  • Semantic processing features and schizotypal traits: A test-retest study
    Yu, X., Liao, K., Turetsky, B. I., & Wang, K.
    International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2022
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  • Development and validation of a BMI-based figure rating scale for Chinese adolescents
    Yu, C.#, Yu, X.#, Fan, Z., Wang, K., & Littleton, H.
    Evaluation & the Health Professions, 2022
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  • Validation of the Chinese version of the Body Image Concern Inventory
    Wang, K., Yu, X., Yu, C., et al.
    Evaluation & the Health Professions, 2022
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  • Resting frontal EEG asymmetry and schizotypal traits: A test-retest study
    Yu, X., Liao, K., Niu, Z., Wang, K., Cheung, E., et al.
    Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 2020
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  • The thinner the better: Internalization of the slimness ideal in Chinese college students
    Wang, K., Liang, R., Yu, X., Shum, D., Roalf, D., & Chan, R.
    PsyCh Journal, 2020
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  • Media image and body image in adolescents
    Yu, C., Yu, X., Liang, R., Fan, Z., Wang, M., et al.
    Chinese Journal of Health Management, 2020
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  • Weight control behaviors and their association with real and perceived weight status among 1,026 first year high school students in Lanzhou
    Fan, Z., Yu, X., Yu, C., Liang, R., & Wang, K.
    Chinese Journal of Child Health Care, 2020
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  • A review of applications of resting-state electroencephalography in schizophrenia research
    Yu, X., Tan, S., Wang, K., & Chan, R. C.
    Chinese Mental Health Journal, 2019
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