The p Factor Consistently Predicts Long-Term Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes in Anxiety-Disordered Youth
Pediatric anxiety disorders can have a chronic course and are considered gateway disorders to adult psychopathology, but no consistent predictors of long-term outcome have been identified. A single latent symptom dimension that reflects features shared by all mental health disorders, the p factor, is thought to reflect mechanisms that cut across mental disorders. Whether p predicts outcome in youth with psychiatric disorders has not been examined. We tested whether the p factor predicted long-term psychiatric and functional outcomes in a large naturalistically followed-up cohort of anxiety-disordered youth.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matti Cervin, Lesley A. Norris, Golda Ginsburg, Elizabeth A. Gosch, Scott N. Compton, John Piacentini, Anne Marie Albano, Dara Sakolsky, Boris Birmaher, Courtney Keeton, Eric A. Storch, Philip C. Kendall Tags: New Research Source Type: research