Lowthian, EmilyAnthony, RebeccaEvans, AnnetteDaniel, RhianLong, SaraBandyopadhyay, AmritaJohn, AnnBellis, Mark A.Paranjothy, Shantini2021-08-132021-08-132021-08-06Lowthian, E, Anthony, R, Evans, A, Daniel, R, Long, S, Bandyopadhyay, A, John, A, Bellis, M A & Paranjothy, S 2021, 'Adverse childhood experiences and child mental health : an electronic birth cohort study', BMC medicine , vol. 19, 172, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02045-x1741-7015ORCID: /0000-0002-0528-3121/work/98628035https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16944Acknowledgement We thank the SAIL databank for assisting in the statistical disclosure process. Declarations and Funding Data is collected routinely and access to this was granted via the SAIL databank. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. The data sets generated and analysed during the current study are available in the SAIL databank repository, https://saildatabank.com/. This work was supported by funds from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Medical Research Council, and Alcohol Research UK to the ELAStiC Project (ESL015471/1) and Public Health Wales. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be assumed to be of the funding body. The research was also supported by The Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, a UK Clinical Research Collaboration Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. This work was supported by Health Data Research UK, which receives its funding from HDR UK Ltd (HDR-9006) funded by the UK Medical Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Department of Health and Social Care (England), Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (Welsh Government), Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland), British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Wellcome Trust. The funders had no role in designing the study, data collection, analysis, or interpretation, or in writing the report; MAB’s role in the design, analysis, and writing was independent of the funding from Public Health Wales. SP, SL and MAB had the original idea for this study. SP, AE, RA, EL and RD designed the study and developed the analysis plan. AJ provided advice on the mental health codes used in this analysis. AB extracted the data and prepared data sets for analysis. EM, AE and RA analysed the data. EM and RA wrote the first draft of the paper. All authors were involved in interpreting the findings, revising drafts and agreeing the final version.13643730engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingAdverse Childhood ExperiencesMental HealthCohortWalesSurvival AnalysisAdministrative DataR MedicineOther(HDR-9006Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)ESL015471/1Medical Research Council (MRC)Supplementary DataRJournal article10.1186/s12916-021-02045-x19