The impact of child psychiatric conditions on future educational outcomes among a community cohort in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Mental health problems early in life can negatively impact educational attainment, which in turn have negative long-term effects on health, social and economic opportunities. Our aims were to: (i) estimate the impacts of different types of psychiatric conditions on educational outcomes and (ii) to estimate the proportion of adverse educational outcomes which can be attributed to psychiatric conditions.

Methods

Participants (N = 2511) were from a school-based community cohort of Brazilian children and adolescents aged 6-14 years enriched for high family risk of psychiatric conditions. We examined the impact of fear- (panic, separation and social anxiety disorder, specific phobia, agoraphobia and anxiety conditions not otherwise specified), distress- (generalised a

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature