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ArticleJournal of psychiatric research2016

Full spectrum of mental disorders linked with childhood residential mobility.

Pearl L H Mok, Roger T Webb, Louis Appleby, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen

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Article in Journal of psychiatric research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Adolescence Is a Sensitive Period for Housing Mobility to Influence Risky Behaviors: An Experimental Design.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Pearl L H MokCentre for Mental Health and Safety, University of Manchester, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, England, M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: pearl.mok@manchester.ac.uk.
Roger T WebbCentre for Mental Health and Safety, University of Manchester, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, England, M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: roger.webb@manchester.ac.uk.
Louis ApplebyCentre for Mental Health and Safety, University of Manchester, Jean McFarlane Building, Oxford Road, England, M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: louis.appleby@manchester.ac.uk.
Carsten Bøcker PedersenCentre for Integrated Register-based Research, CIRRAU, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; National Centre for Register-Based Research, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus, Fuglesangs Alle 4, 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark. Electronic address: cbp@econ.au.dk.

Funding

European Research Council 335905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although links between childhood residential mobility and subsequently increased risks of psychopathology have been well documented, associations across the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders are unknown. We conducted a population-based study of all 1,439,363 persons born in Denmark during 1971-1997 to investigate relationships between childhood cross-municipality residential moves from year of birth to age 14 years and the development of a range of psychiatric disorders from mid-adolescence to early middle age. We examined: (1) Any substance misuse disorders; specifically alcohol misuse, and cannabis misuse; (2) Any personality disorders; specifically antisocial, and borderline personality disorders; (3) Schizophrenia and related disorders; specifically schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder; (4) Any mood disorders; specifically bipolar disorder, and depressive disorder; (5) Any anxiety and somatoform disorders; specifically obsessive compulsive disorder; (6) Any eating disorders; specifically anorexia nervosa. Childhood residential mobility was associated with elevated risks of developing most psychiatric disorders, even after controlling for potential confounders. The associations generally rose with increasing age at moving and were stronger for multiple moves in a year compared to a single move. Links were particularly strong for antisocial personality disorder, any substance misuse disorder, and cannabis misuse in particular, for which the highest increases in risks were observed if relocation occurred during adolescence. Childhood residential change was not linked to subsequent risk of developing an eating disorder. Frequent residential mobility could be a marker for familial adversities. Mental health services and schools need to be vigilant of the psychosocial needs of children, particularly adolescents, who have recently moved homes.

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Population DynamicsAdolescentAge FactorsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesDenmarkFemaleHumansInfantMaleMental DisordersRegistriesRisk FactorsSex FactorsAntisocial behaviorEating disorderFamilial adversitiesPersonality disorderResidential changeSubstance misuse

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PMID27074536
PMCPMC4866579

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