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ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2023

Commentary: Cognitive stimulation and executive functions in the prevention and treatment of childhood disorders - reflection on Phillips et al., 2023.

Walter Matthys

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Article in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Walter MatthysDepartment of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8887-0785

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study by Phillips et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2023) shows that preschool executive functions (EF) are a transdiagnostic mechanism through which deprivation increases the risk for psychopathology in adolescence. In addition, deprivation appeared to be a key mechanism through which economic adversity (i.e., lower income-to-needs ratio and maternal education) undermines EF and increases the risk for psychopathology in adolescence. In this commentary, implications for early prevention and treatment of childhood disorders are discussed. In view of optimal EF development attention is needed to cognitive and social stimulation both in: (a) selective prevention targeting preschool children at high risk for childhood disorders due to low socioeconomic status; (b) indicated prevention targeting preschool children with minimal but detectable symptoms from low socioeconomic status families; and (c) treatment targeting preschool children with a clinical disorder from low socioeconomic status families.

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Executive FunctionPsychology, ChildAdolescentAttentionChild, PreschoolCognitionFamilyHumans

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PMID37402653

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