Psychiatric Symptoms, Cognition, and Symptom Severity in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mental illnesses are a leading cause of disability globally, and functional disability is often in part caused by cognitive impairments across psychiatric disorders. However, studies have consistently reported seemingly opposite findings regarding the association between cognition and psychiatric symptoms.

Objective

To determine if the association between general cognition and mental health symptoms diverges at different symptom severities in children.

Design, setting, and participants

A total of 5175 children with complete data at 2 time points assessed 2 years apart (aged 9 to 11 years at the first assessment) from the ongoing Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study were evaluated for a general cognition factor and mental health symptoms f

SUBMITTER: Pines A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359114 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature