Adult Functional Outcomes of Common Childhood Psychiatric Problems: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Psychiatric problems are among the most common health problems of childhood.

Objective

To test whether these health problems adversely affect adult functioning even if the problems themselves do not persist.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective, population-based study of 1420 participants from 11 predominantly rural counties of North Carolina who were assessed with structured interviews up to 6 times during childhood (9-16 years of age, for a total 6674 observations) for common psychiatric diagnoses and subthreshold psychiatric problems. The period for this study was from 1993 to 2010.

Main outcomes and measures

A total of 1273 participants were assessed 3 times during young adulthood (19, 21, and 24-26 years of age, for a total of 3215 obse

SUBMITTER: Copeland WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4706225 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature