ArticleSchizophrenia bulletin2020
Mental Health and Functional Outcomes in Young Adulthood of Children With Psychotic Symptoms: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
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- Delivering and implementing child and adolescent mental health training for mental health and allied professionals: a systematic review and qualitative meta-aggregation.BMC medical education · 2021Pooled it
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- Psychosis superspectrum I: Nosology, etiology, and lifespan development.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Review
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- The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy for young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- The association between transient childhood psychotic experiences and psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood: Examining the role of mental disorders and adult attachment.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Sleep disorders predict the 1-year onset, persistence, but not remission of psychotic experiences in preadolescence: a longitudinal analysis of the ABCD cohort data.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Socioenvironmental Adversity and Adolescent Psychotic Experiences: Exploring Potential Mechanisms in a UK Longitudinal Cohort.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Rhythmic auditory stimulation incorporated in training improved movements in individuals with psychotic-like experiences.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- A Prospective Cohort Study on the Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Adversity and Subsequent Risk of Psychotic Experiences in Adolescence.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2023Article
- Reformed child and adolescent mental health services in a devolved healthcare system: a mixed-methods case study of an implementation site.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Geographic, Socio-Demographic and School Type Variation in Adolescent Wellbeing and Mental Health and Links with Academic Competence in the United Arab Emirates.Child indicators research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood psychotic symptoms have been associated with various psychiatric disorders in adulthood but their role as early markers of poor outcomes during the crucial transition to adulthood is largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated associations between age-12 psychotic symptoms and a range of mental health problems and functional outcomes at age 18.
methodsData were used from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally representative birth cohort of 2232 twins born in 1994-1995 in England and Wales, followed to age 18 with 93% retention. Childhood psychotic symptoms were assessed in structured interviews at age 12. At age 18, study members' mental health problems, functional outcomes, risky behaviors, and offending were measured using self-reports and official records.
resultsChildren with psychotic symptoms (N = 125, 5.9%) were more likely to experience a range of mental health problems in young adulthood than children without such symptoms. They were also more likely to be obese, smoke cigarettes, be lonely, be parents, and report a lower quality of life, but not more likely to commit crimes. Childhood psychotic symptoms predicted these poor outcomes over and above other emotional and behavioral problems during childhood. Nevertheless, twin analyses indicated that these associations were largely accounted for by shared family factors.
conclusionsPsychotic symptoms in childhood signal risk for pervasive mental health and functional difficulties in young adulthood and thus may provide a useful screen for an array of later problems. However, early psychotic symptoms and poor outcomes may be manifestations of shared environmental and genetic risks.
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