Preschool psychiatric disorders: homotypic and heterotypic continuity through middle childhood and early adolescence.

CONCLUSIONS: Results provide moderate support for the predictive validity of psychiatric disorders in preschoolers. Psychopathology in preschool is a significant risk factor for future psychiatric disorders during middle childhood and early adolescence. PMID: 29335030 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychological Medicine - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research