Association of the World War II Finnish Evacuation of Children With Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Next Generation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although there is evidence that adverse childhood experiences are associated with worse mental health in adulthood, scarce evidence is available regarding an emerging concern that the next generation might also be affected.

Objective

To compare the risk of psychiatric hospitalization in cousins whose parents were vs were not exposed to the Finnish evacuation policy that involved a mean 2-year stay with a Swedish foster family.

Design, setting, and participants

This multigenerational, population-based cohort study of Finnish individuals and their siblings born between January 1, 1933, and December 31, 1944, analyzed the association of evacuee status as a child during World War II in the first generation with the risk of psychiatric hospitalization among offs

SUBMITTER: Santavirta T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature