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Ringbom I, Suvisaari J, Sourander A, Gissler M, Gyllenberg D. Temporal changes in the associations between diagnosed psychiatric disorders and dropping out of school early. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2024; 33:1443-1450. [PMID: 37380876 PMCID: PMC11098921 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02252-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Psychiatric problems are risk markers for poor educational attainment. The number of adolescents receiving treatment has increased. We investigated whether the association between psychiatric problems in early adolescence and dropping out of school had changed. We used the register-based 1987 and 1997 Finnish Birth Cohort studies, which include all live births in Finland. Hospital districts with incomplete records were excluded, leaving 25,421 participants born in 1987 and 32,025 born in 1997. The main outcome was not having applied for secondary education by the year the cohort members turned 18. Our main predictors were psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed by specialized services during 1998-2003 and 2008-2013, when the cohort members were 10-16 years old. We found that 511 (2.0) of subjects born in 1987 and 499 (1.6%) born in 1997 dropped out of school. Having any diagnosis at 10-16 of age was associated with dropping out of school early in both cohorts: 3.9% in 1987 and 4.8% in 1997. The highest proportions were in the subgroup with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), 19.4% in 1987 and 16.2% in 1997. Dropping out early increased among adolescents diagnosed with any psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorder, from 3.9 to 4.8%, with the clearest increase for learning disabilities, from 3.4 to 9.0%. Dropping out decreased for those with depression, from 4.5 to 2.1%. Adolescents with psychiatric and especially neurodevelopmental disorders, need effective interventions to prevent them dropping out of school early. Increased detection of psychopathology did not result in decreased dropout rates.
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- Ida Ringbom
- Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3, 3rd. Floor, 20014, Turku, Finland.
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
- Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3, 3rd. Floor, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3, 3rd. Floor, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Sweden and Region Stockholm, Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Child Psychiatry and Invest Flagship, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 3, 3rd. Floor, 20014, Turku, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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Grudin R, Ahlen J, Mataix-Cols D, Lenhard F, Henje E, Månsson C, Sahlin H, Beckman M, Serlachius E, Vigerland S. Therapist-guided and self-guided internet-delivered behavioural activation for adolescents with depression: a randomised feasibility trial. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e066357. [PMID: 36572500 PMCID: PMC9806095 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Access to effective treatments for adolescents with depression needs to improve. Few studies have evaluated behavioural activation (BA) for adolescent depression, and none remotely delivered BA. This study explored the feasibility and acceptability of therapist-guided and self-guided internet-delivered BA (I-BA) in preparation for a future randomised controlled trial (RCT). DESIGN A single-blinded randomised controlled feasibility trial. SETTING A specialist outpatient clinic in Sweden. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-two adolescents with mild-to-moderate major depression, aged 13-17 years. INTERVENTIONS Ten weeks of therapist-guided I-BA or self-guided I-BA, or treatment as usual (TAU). Both versions of I-BA included parental support. TAU included referral to usual care within child and youth psychiatry or primary care. OUTCOMES Feasibility measures included study take-up, participant retention, acceptability, safety and satisfaction. The primary outcome measure was the blinded assessor-rated Children's Depression Rating Scale, Revised. The primary endpoint was the 3-month follow-up. RESULTS 154 adolescents were screened and 32 were randomised to therapist-guided I-BA (n=11), self-guided I-BA (n=10) or TAU (n=11). Participant retention was acceptable, with two drop-outs in TAU. Most participants in TAU had been offered interventions by the primary endpoint. The mean number of completed chapters (total of 8) for adolescents was 7.5 in therapist-guided I-BA and 5.4 in self-guided I-BA. No serious adverse events were recorded. Satisfaction was acceptable in both I-BA groups. Following an intent-to-treat approach, the linear mixed-effects model revealed that both therapist-guided and self-guided I-BA (Cohen's d=2.43 and 2.23, respectively), but not TAU (Cohen's d=0.95), showed statistically significant changes on the primary outcome measure with large within-group effect sizes. CONCLUSIONS Both therapist-guided and self-guided I-BA are acceptable and potentially efficacious treatments for adolescents with depression. It is feasible to conduct a large-scale RCT to establish the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of I-BA versus TAU. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT04117789).
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- Rebecca Grudin
- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- The Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå Universitet, Umea, Sweden
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- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Psychiatry Research,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bortes C, Nilsson K, Strandh M. Associations between children's diagnosed mental disorders and educational achievements in Sweden. Scand J Public Health 2022; 50:1140-1147. [PMID: 35416111 DOI: 10.1177/14034948221089056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS To examine associations between multiple clinically diagnosed mental disorders among children in Sweden and educational achievements at the end of ninth grade. METHODS Data from Swedish administrative registers were utilised. Diagnoses of specific mental disorders (unipolar depression, mood, anxiety, obsessive compulsive, eating, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) were used as exposure variables. Educational achievements were assessed in terms of teacher-assigned school grades and eligibility for upper secondary education. The sample comprised 266,664 individuals (49% females) born in 2000 to 2002 who were alive and resident in Sweden in 2017. Exposed and unexposed individuals were compared in terms of outcome variables by fitting linear and logistic regression models. RESULTS The results revealed negative associations between all the examined mental disorders and educational achievements, except for positive associations between eating disorders and grades among female students. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was the most strongly associated disorder in terms of non-successful completion of compulsory education, among both male and female students (odds ratio (OR): 3.58 (95% confidence interval (CI), 3.42 to 3.74) and 4.31 (95% CI, 4.07 to 4.57), respectively). This was followed by unipolar depression among males (OR: 2.92 (95% CI, 2.60 to 3.28)) and anxiety disorder among females (OR: 2.68 (95% CI, 2.49 to 2.88)). Obsessive compulsive disorder had the weakest negative association with educational achievements among both males (OR: 1.48 (95% CI, 1.01 to 2.17)) and females (OR: 1.38 (95% CI, 1.11 to 1.72)). CONCLUSIONS Specific diagnosed mental disorders have varying, largely disadvantageous, associations with educational achievements of students in Sweden that differ between males and females.
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Alaie I, Philipson A, Ssegonja R, Copeland WE, Ramklint M, Bohman H, Jonsson U. Adolescent depression and adult labor market marginalization: a longitudinal cohort study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022; 31:1799-1813. [PMID: 34173065 PMCID: PMC9666342 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01825-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Adolescent depression is linked to adult ill-health and functional impairment, but recent research suggests that individual/contextual factors might account for this association. This study aimed to test whether the clinical heterogeneity of adolescent depression is related to marginalization from the labor market across early to middle adulthood. Data were drawn from the Uppsala Longitudinal Adolescent Depression Study, a community-based cohort initially assessed with structured clinical interviews at age 16-17. The cohort (n = 321 depressed; n = 218 nondepressed) was followed up after 2+ decades through linkage to nationwide population-based registries. Outcomes included consecutive annual data on unemployment, work disability, social welfare recipiency, and a composite marginalization measure, spanning from age 21 to 40. Longitudinal associations were examined using logistic regression analysis in a generalized estimating equations modeling framework. Subsequent depressive episodes and educational attainment in early adulthood were explored as potential pathways. The results showed that adolescent depression was associated with adult marginalization outcomes, but the strength of association varied across depressed subgroups. Adolescents with persistent depressive disorder had higher odds of all outcomes, including the composite marginalization measure (adjusted OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.4-2.7, p < 0.001), and this was partially (31%) mediated by subsequent depressive episodes in early adulthood. Exploratory moderation analysis revealed that entry into tertiary education mitigated the association with later marginalization, but only for adolescents with episodic major depression. In conclusion, the risk for future labor market marginalization is elevated among depressed adolescents, particularly those presenting with persistent depressive disorder. Targeted interventions seem crucial to mitigate the long-lasting impact of early-onset depression.
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- Iman Alaie
- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden , Department of Medical Sciences, Respiratory-, Allergy-, and Sleep Research Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden ,Karolinska Institutet Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, and Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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Meißner C, Meyrose AK, Kaman A, Michalkiewicz M, Ravens-Sieberer U. Associations Between Mental Health Problems in Adolescence and Educational Attainment in Early Adulthood: Results of the German Longitudinal BELLA Study. Front Pediatr 2022; 10:828085. [PMID: 35281228 PMCID: PMC8914221 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.828085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mental health problems (MHP) in adolescence are a major public health concern of the 21st century. Global prevalence estimates range between 10 and 20%. Most MHP manifest by adolescence and persistence rates are high, often accumulating further impairment in early adulthood and beyond. We analyzed data of N = 433 participants from the German longitudinal BELLA study to examine whether MHP in adolescence negatively affect educational attainment in early adulthood. Externalizing and internalizing MHP among adolescents aged 11-17 years were assessed at baseline using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Educational attainment was assessed at the 6-year follow-up based on level of education, failure to attain the expected level of education, and dropout from vocational or academic training. Findings from logistic regression analyses suggest that more pronounced externalizing MHP in adolescence predict a lower level of education in early adulthood. We did not find a corresponding effect for internalizing MHP. Adolescents with higher-educated parents were less likely to attain a lower level of education themselves and less likely to fail in attaining their expected level of education. Our findings support that educational attainment presents a central channel for intergenerational reproduction of education and forms an important pathway for upward, but also downward social mobility. The current study emphasizes school as a central setting to implement measures to prevent onset and persistence of MHP and to foster equal opportunities in education.
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- Carina Meißner
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Clinical Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Clinical Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Wickersham A, Ford T, Stewart R, Downs J. Estimating the impact of child and early adolescent depression on subsequent educational attainment: secondary analysis of an existing data linkage. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 2021; 30:e76. [PMID: 35502824 PMCID: PMC8679834 DOI: 10.1017/s2045796021000603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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AIMS Depression is thought to be associated with lower subsequent educational attainment during school. But, without longitudinal studies which take account of prior attainment and other potential confounders, estimates of the impact of clinically recognised depression in childhood and early adolescence are unknown. We investigated whether a clinical diagnosis of depression is associated with lower subsequent educational attainment, and whether the association is modified by gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. METHODS We conducted a secondary analysis of an existing administrative data linkage between national educational data and a large mental healthcare provider in London, UK (2007-2013). Depression diagnosis before age 15 (exposure) was measured from electronic health records, and subsequent educational attainment at age 15-16 (outcome) was measured from educational records. We fitted logistic regression models and adjusted for gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, relative age in school year, neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis and prior attainment. We investigated effect modifiers using interaction terms. RESULTS In total, n = 63 623 were included in analysis, of whom n = 242 had record of a depression diagnosis before age 15. Depression was associated with lower odds of subsequently achieving expected attainment levels in national exams, after adjustment for all covariates (odds ratio = 0.60, 95% confidence interval = 0.43 to 0.84, p = 0.003). There was no evidence that gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status modified this association. CONCLUSIONS These findings support a relationship between depression and lower subsequent educational attainment. This highlights the need for tailored educational interventions to support children and adolescents with depression, particularly in the lead up to key educational milestones.
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- A. Wickersham
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Kambara K, Kira Y, Kohno R, Ogata A. Preliminary investigation of the feasibility of a long-term but low-frequency preventive intervention for depression in Japanese high schools. Int J Nurs Pract 2021; 28:e12975. [PMID: 34028128 DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIM We explored the feasibility of a long-term but low-frequency psychological preventive intervention in a high school setting. BACKGROUND High school students may experience depression; psychological interventions to improve social and cognitive skills may be useful to decrease such depression. A long-term but low-frequency intervention may be feasible in this setting because of its minimal time demands and lack of need for specialist human resources DESIGN: We conducted a single-arm longitudinal descriptive study with an intervention applied six times over 2 years in one high school. METHOD We conducted a psychological preventive intervention with 94 high school students in one school for 2 years (April 2014 to March 2016). This intervention aimed to improve social and cognitive skills. We measured social skills, cognitive distortion, and depression five times during the 2-year period, through a self-report scale. RESULTS/FINDINGS Scores for maintaining relationship skills tended to increase over the 2 years. However, depression did not decrease over the intervention period. CONCLUSION Although our research did not include control conditions and the intervention did not decrease depression, the six-session programme for high school adolescents improved an aspect of social skills that is a preventive factor against depression.
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- Kohei Kambara
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.,Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Mukainada Child Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Fleming M, Fitton CA, Steiner MFC, McLay JS, Clark D, King A, Mackay DF, Pell JP. Educational and health outcomes of children and adolescents receiving antidepressant medication: Scotland-wide retrospective record linkage cohort study of 766 237 schoolchildren. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 49:1380-1391. [PMID: 32073627 PMCID: PMC7660154 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Childhood depression is relatively common, under-researched and can impact social and cognitive function and self-esteem. Methods Record linkage of routinely collected Scotland-wide administrative databases covering prescriptions [prescribing information system (PIS)], hospitalizations (Scottish Morbidity Records 01 and 04), maternity records (Scottish Morbidity Records 02), deaths (National Records of Scotland), annual pupil census, school absences/exclusions, special educational needs (Scottish Exchange of Educational Data; ScotXed), examinations (Scottish Qualifications Authority) and (un)employment (ScotXed) provided data on 766 237 children attending Scottish schools between 2009 and 2013 inclusively. We compared educational and health outcomes of children receiving antidepressant medication with their peers, adjusting for confounders (socio-demographic, maternity and comorbidity) and explored effect modifiers and mediators. Results Compared with peers, children receiving antidepressants were more likely to be absent [adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.85–1.95] or excluded (adjusted IRR 1.48, 95% CI 1.29–1.69) from school, have special educational needs [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.77, 95% CI 1.65–1.90], have the lowest level of academic attainment (adjusted OR 3.00, 95% CI 2.51–3.58) and be unemployed after leaving school (adjusted OR 1.88, 95% CI 1.71–2.08). They had increased hospitalization [adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 2.07, 95% CI 1.98–2.18] and mortality (adjusted HR 2.73, 95% CI 1.73–4.29) over 5 years’ follow-up. Higher absenteeism partially explained poorer attainment and unemployment. Treatment with antidepressants was less common among boys than girls (0.5% vs 1.0%) but the associations with special educational need and unemployment were stronger in boys. Conclusions Children receiving antidepressants fare worse than their peers across a wide range of education and health outcomes. Interventions to reduce absenteeism or mitigate its effects should be investigated.
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- Michael Fleming
- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Child Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Information Services Division, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Wickersham A, Sugg HVR, Epstein S, Stewart R, Ford T, Downs J. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: The Association Between Child and Adolescent Depression and Later Educational Attainment. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2021; 60:105-118. [PMID: 33130250 PMCID: PMC7779367 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The association between depression and educational attainment in young people is unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the longitudinal association between depression and subsequent attainment, and its potential effect modifiers and mediators. METHOD We searched Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, ERIC, and the British Education Index from inception to October 23, 2019, conducted citation searching, and contacted authors for articles. Eligible studies reported on the longitudinal association between depression in children and adolescents 4 to 18 years of age and later educational attainment. Two reviewers independently conducted screening, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment. Correlation coefficients were pooled in meta-analysis, and effect modifiers were explored using meta-regression and stratification. Other evidence on confounders, modifiers, and mediators was narratively synthesized. The PROSPERO record for the study is CRD42019123068. RESULTS A total of 31 studies were included, of which 22 were pooled in meta-analysis. There was a small but statistically significant association between depression and lower subsequent attainment (pooled Fisher z = -0.19, 95% CI = -0.22 to -0.16, I2 = 62.9%). A total of 15 studies also reported an enduring effect after adjusting for various confounders. No statistically significant effect modifiers were identified. Social and school problems may mediate between depression and low attainment. CONCLUSION Depression was associated with lower educational attainment, but further research is needed to establish mechanisms. Nonetheless, there is a clear need for mental health and educational support among children and adolescents with depression.
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- Alice Wickersham
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom.
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom; South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Ssegonja R, Sampaio F, Alaie I, Philipson A, Hagberg L, Murray K, Sarkadi A, Langenskiöld S, Jonsson U, Feldman I. Cost-effectiveness of an indicated preventive intervention for depression in adolescents: a model to support decision making. J Affect Disord 2020; 277:789-799. [PMID: 33065819 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.08.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent depression has negative health and economic outcomes in the short- and long-term. Indicated preventive interventions, in particular group based cognitive behavioural therapy (GB-CBT), are effective in preventing depression in adolescents with subsyndromal depression. However, little is known about the cost-effectiveness of these interventions. METHODS A Markov cohort model was used to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses comparing a GB-CBT indicated preventive intervention for depression, to a no-intervention option in a Swedish setting. Taking a time horizon of 5- and 10 years, incremental differences in societal costs and health benefits expressed as differences in the proportion of cases of depression prevented, and as quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained were estimated. Through univariate and probabilistic sensitivity analyses, the robustness of the results was explored. Costs, presented in 2018 USD, and effects were discounted at a yearly rate of 3%. RESULTS The base-case analysis showed that GB-CBT indicated preventive intervention incurred lower costs, prevented a larger proportion of cases of depression and generated higher QALYs compared to the no-intervention option for both time horizons. Offering the intervention was even a cost saving strategy and demonstrated a probability of being cost-effective of over 95%. In the sensitivity analyses, these results were robust to the modelling assumptions. LIMITATIONS The study considered a homogeneous cohort and assumed a constant annual decay rate of the relative treatment effect. CONCLUSIONS GB-CBT indicated preventive interventions for depression in adolescence can generate good value for money compared to leaving adolescents with subsyndromal depression untreated.
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- Richard Ssegonja
- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet (KIND), Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Unit, Sweden; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Linder A, Gerdtham UG, Trygg N, Fritzell S, Saha S. Inequalities in the economic consequences of depression and anxiety in Europe: a systematic scoping review. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:767-777. [PMID: 31302703 PMCID: PMC7445046 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Depression and anxiety are associated with adverse outcomes in educational achievements and economic performances. Moreover, the prevalence of these disorders is unequally distributed among different population subgroups. Our objective is to investigate whether the economic consequences of depression and anxiety differ between population subgroups of different gender, socioeconomic status (SES), ethnicity and age, in Europe. Methods A systematic scoping literature review was performed to identify studies where exposure to depression or anxiety was identified at baseline and consequences in education, sickness absence, disability pension, unemployment and income/earnings were measured at follow-up. Results Seventeen articles were included in this review and most of these were conducted in the Nordic countries. The consequences of depression and anxiety were stratified by gender in most of the articles. However, only in a few studies, the findings were stratified by SES, age and ethnicity. The negative consequences of depression in educational performance, disability pension and income are larger for men compared to women. Moreover, low SES individuals have more depression- and anxiety-related absence from work than high SES individuals. Conclusion Our findings imply that the economic consequences of depression differ between population subgroups in Europe. This could have an impact on social stratification, shifting people who experience mental ill-health to lower SES groups or reinforcing an already disadvantaged position. More research is needed on unequal economic consequences of depression and anxiety in different population subgroups in Europe.
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- Anna Linder
- Health Economics Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences (Malmö), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Health Economics Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences (Malmö), Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Economics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
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- Health Economics Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences (Malmö), Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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López-López JA, Kwong ASF, Washbrook E, Pearson RM, Tilling K, Fazel MS, Kidger J, Hammerton G. Trajectories of depressive symptoms and adult educational and employment outcomes. BJPsych Open 2019; 6:e6. [PMID: 31829293 PMCID: PMC7001468 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2019.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms show different trajectories throughout childhood and adolescence that may have different consequences for adult outcomes. AIMS To examine trajectories of childhood depressive symptoms and their association with education and employment outcomes in early adulthood. METHOD We estimated latent trajectory classes from participants with repeated measures of self-reported depressive symptoms between 11 and 24 years of age and examined their association with two distal outcomes: university degree and those not in employment, education or training at age 24. RESULTS Our main analyses (n = 9399) yielded five heterogenous trajectories of depressive symptoms. The largest group found (70.5% of participants) had a stable trajectory of low depressive symptoms (stable-low). The other four groups had symptom profiles that reached full-threshold levels at different developmental stages and for different durations. We identified the following groups: childhood-limited (5.1% of participants) with full-threshold symptoms at ages 11-13; childhood-persistent (3.5%) with full-threshold symptoms at ages 13-24; adolescent onset (9.4%) with full-threshold symptoms at ages 17-19; and early-adult onset (11.6%) with full-threshold symptoms at ages 22-24. Relative to the majority 'stable-low' group, the other four groups all exhibited higher risks of one or both adult outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Accurate identification of depressive symptom trajectories requires data spanning the period from early adolescence to early adulthood. Consideration of changes in, as well as levels of, depressive symptoms could improve the targeting of preventative interventions in early-to-mid adolescence.
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- José A. López-López
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Psychology and Methodology, University of Murcia, Spain; Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; and Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol, UK
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- Student, School of Geographical Sciences, Centre for Multilevel Modelling and MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
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- Associate Professor in Quantitative Methods, Centre for Multilevel Modelling and School of Education, University of Bristol, UK
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- Lecturer in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; and Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol, UK
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- Professor of Medical Statistics, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; and MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, UK
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- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Lecturer in Public Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; and Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol, UK
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- Senior Research Associate, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School; and Centre for Academic Mental Health, University of Bristol, UK
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Pascoe MC, Hetrick SE, Parker AG. The impact of stress on students in secondary school and higher education. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2019.1596823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- Michaela C. Pascoe
- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University , Melborne, Australia
- Department of Cancer Experiences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre , Melbourne, Australia
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- Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health (Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne , Australia
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland , Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University , Melborne, Australia
- Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health (Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne , Australia
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Alaie I, Philipson A, Ssegonja R, Hagberg L, Feldman I, Sampaio F, Möller M, Arinell H, Ramklint M, Päären A, von Knorring L, Olsson G, von Knorring AL, Bohman H, Jonsson U. Uppsala Longitudinal Adolescent Depression Study (ULADS). BMJ Open 2019; 9:e024939. [PMID: 30826765 PMCID: PMC6429885 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To present the Uppsala Longitudinal Adolescent Depression Study, initiated in Uppsala, Sweden, in the early 1990s. The initial aim of this epidemiological investigation was to study the prevalence, characteristics and correlates of adolescent depression, and has subsequently expanded to include a broad range of social, economic and health-related long-term outcomes and cost-of-illness analyses. PARTICIPANTS The source population was first-year students (aged 16-17) in upper-secondary schools in Uppsala during 1991-1992, of which 2300 (93%) were screened for depression. Adolescents with positive screening and sex/age-matched peers were invited to a comprehensive assessment. A total of 631 adolescents (78% females) completed this assessment, and 409 subsequently completed a 15-year follow-up assessment. At both occasions, extensive information was collected on mental disorders, personality and psychosocial situation. Detailed social, economic and health-related data from 1993 onwards have recently been obtained from the Swedish national registries for 576 of the original participants and an age-matched reference population (N≥200 000). FINDINGS TO DATE The adolescent lifetime prevalence of a major depressive episode was estimated to be 11.4%. Recurrence in young adulthood was reported by the majority, with a particularly poor prognosis for those with a persistent depressive disorder or multiple somatic symptoms. Adolescent depression was also associated with an increased risk of other adversities in adulthood, including additional mental health conditions, low educational attainment and problems related to intimate relationships. FUTURE PLANS Longitudinal studies of adolescent depression are rare and must be responsibly managed and utilised. We therefore intend to follow the cohort continuously by means of registries. Currently, the participants are approaching mid-adulthood. At this stage, we are focusing on the overall long-term burden of adolescent depression. For this purpose, the research group has incorporated expertise in health economics. We would also welcome extended collaboration with researchers managing similar datasets.
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- Iman Alaie
- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- University Health Care Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet (KIND), Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden
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Clayborne ZM, Varin M, Colman I. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Adolescent Depression and Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2019; 58:72-79. [PMID: 30577941 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2018.07.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Experiencing depression in adolescence can disrupt important developmental processes, which can have longstanding effects on socioeconomic status and relationships. The objective of this article was to systematically review the evidence examining associations between adolescent depression and adult psychosocial outcomes. METHOD Five databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and ERIC) were searched for articles published from 1980 through March 2017. Eligible articles were peer reviewed, published in English, had prospective cohort study designs, and contrasted adult psychosocial outcomes in those with versus without adolescent depression. Outcomes with sufficient data were pooled using random-effects meta-analyses, with summary measures reported as odds ratios (ORs). A protocol for this review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42017059662). RESULTS Of the 4,988 references screened for inclusion, 31 articles comprising 136 analyses were included for review. Twenty-four cohorts were represented. Seventy-seven analyses across 10 outcomes were meta-analyzed, with remaining analyses summarized narratively. Meta-analyses suggested that adolescent depression was associated with outcomes including, but not limited to, failure to complete secondary school (OR 1.76, 95% CI 1.29-2.39), unemployment (OR 1.66, 95% CI 1.29-2.14), and pregnancy/parenthood (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.06-1.81). CONCLUSION This review demonstrates that adolescent depression is associated with a myriad of adult psychosocial outcomes. Many are linked and can lead to the propagation of difficulties across the lifespan. These findings can have important implications for encouraging the provision of targeted mental health care early in development to improve life chances.
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- Zahra M Clayborne
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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OBJECTIVE Prior studies have indicated that both high and low school grades are associated with development of bipolar disorder (BD), but these studies have not adjusted for parental history of mental disorder, which is a likely confounder. Furthermore, the association between school grades and bipolar I disorder (BD-I) has not been studied. Therefore, we aimed to study the association between school exam grades and subsequent development of BD and BD-I while adjusting for parental history of mental disorder. METHODS We conducted a register-based nationwide cohort study following 505 688 individuals born in Denmark between 1987 and 1995. We investigated the association between school exam grades and development of BD or BD-I with a Cox model adjusting for family history of mental disorder and other potential confounders. RESULTS During follow-up, 900 individuals were diagnosed with BD and 277 of these with BD-I. The risk for BD and BD-I was significantly increased for individuals not having completed the exams at term [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) for BD (aHR=1.71, 95% CI: 1.43-2.04) and for BD-I (aHR=1.57, 95% CI: 1.13-2.19)]. Also, having low exam grades in mathematics was associated with increased risk of both BD (aHR=2.41, 95% CI: 1.27-4.59) and BD-I (aHR=2.71, 95% CI: 1.41-5.21). Females with very high exam grades in Danish (percentile group>97.7) had a significantly increased risk of BD-I (aHR=2.49, 95% CI: 1.19-5.23). CONCLUSIONS The potential to develop BD seems to affect the school results of individuals negatively even before BD is diagnosed - with females having the potential to develop BD-I as a possible exception.
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Låftman SB, Magnusson C. Do health complaints in adolescence negatively predict the chance of entering tertiary education in young adulthood? Scand J Public Health 2017; 45:878-885. [PMID: 28699425 DOI: 10.1177/1403494817713649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Self-reported psychological and psychosomatic health complaints, such as nervousness, sadness, headache and stomach-ache, are common among adolescents, particularly among girls, and studies suggest that the prevalence has risen among adolescent girls during the last few decades. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated the potential long-term consequences of such health complaints. The aim of the current study was to assess whether psychological and psychosomatic health complaints in adolescence predict the chance of entering tertiary education in young adulthood among women and men. METHODS The data used are from the Swedish Young-LNU, which is based on a nationally representative sample with self-reported survey information from adolescents aged 10-18 years in 2000 and from the same individuals at ages 20-28 in 2010 ( n=783). Information was also collected from parents and from official registers. RESULTS Linear probability models showed that self-reported psychological complaints in adolescence were associated with a lower chance of having entered tertiary education 10 years later. This association was accounted for by differences in grade point average (GPA), suggesting that GPA may mediate the association between psychological complaints and later education. The pattern was similar for both genders. Furthermore, among men, psychosomatic complaints in adolescence were significantly associated with a lower likelihood of having entered tertiary education 10 years later when adjusting for GPA and social class in adolescence. A similar but non-significant tendency was found among women. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that health complaints in adolescence may have long-term consequences in terms of lower educational attainment.
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- Sara B Låftman
- 1 Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 2 Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Luo Y, Xiang Z, Zhang H, Wang Z. Protective factors for depressive symptoms in adolescents: Interpersonal relationships and perceived social support. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.22033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yun Luo
- Shaanxi Normal University
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior & Cognitive Neuroscience
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- Shaanxi Normal University
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior & Cognitive Neuroscience
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- Shaanxi Normal University
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior & Cognitive Neuroscience
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- Shaanxi Normal University
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Behavior & Cognitive Neuroscience
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Weisler RH, Ota A, Tsuneyoshi K, Perry P, Weiller E, Baker RA, Sheehan DV. Brexpiprazole as an adjunctive treatment in young adults with major depressive disorder who are in a school or work environment. J Affect Disord 2016; 204:40-7. [PMID: 27322768 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, debilitating disorder with substantial socioeconomic burden. Many patients with MDD experience symptoms that impair functioning and productivity, often negatively affecting work or educational pursuits. This Phase 3b open-label study evaluated adjunctive brexpiprazole in young adults with MDD, who were in work or study. METHODS Young patients (18-35 years) with MDD (inadequate responders to 1-3 antidepressant treatments [ADT] for their current episode) received brexpiprazole 1-3mg/day (target dose, 2mg/day) adjunctive to the same stable dose of ADT for 12 weeks. RESULTS Depressive symptoms improved during treatment with adjunctive brexpiprazole (primary endpoint, least squares [LS] mean change from baseline in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS] total score, -18.1 [p<0.0001]). Reductions from baseline in Sheehan Disability Scale Score (SDS; LS mean change -11.2 [p<0.0001]) and Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ; p<0.0001) indicated improvements in the effects of patients' symptoms on functioning (work/school, social life, and home responsibilities). Changes from baseline in additional measures supported improvements in patient functioning and depression symptoms. The most common adverse events were headache (21.3%), weight increase (17.0%), and somnolence (17.0%); reported rates of akathisia were low (6.4%). Clinically relevant increases in weight (≥7%) occurred in 10.5% of patients. LIMITATIONS Open-label design; absence of comparator. CONCLUSIONS Brexpiprazole may represent an effective therapy for adjunctive treatment strategy of young adults with MDD who are working or studying. The observed improvements in work/school functioning in patients with MDD, whose depression was treated with ADT+brexpiprazole, suggests potential to reduce socioeconomic burden.
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- Richard H Weisler
- Duke University Medical Center Durham, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Richard H Weisler Md And Association, MD, PA, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
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- University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA
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D'Amico N, Mechling B, Kemppainen J, Ahern NR, Lee J. American College Students' Views of Depression and Utilization of On-Campus Counseling Services. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2016; 22:302-11. [PMID: 27220991 DOI: 10.1177/1078390316648777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND College students are becoming increasingly depressed; however, many do not attend university counseling to seek help. OBJECTIVES What is the relationship between young adults' mental health literacy, perceived stigma of depression and treatment, knowledge of treatment benefits and risks, beliefs about alternative therapies, and influence of his or her social network with usage of university counseling? STUDY DESIGN A survey was administered to N = 107 American undergraduate college students to ascertain the students' understanding of depression and their views of counseling services on campus. RESULTS Both likelihood of using alternative therapies and perceived discrimination of social network accounted for 18% of the variance for likelihood of participants seeking campus counseling. CONCLUSIONS When a young adult college student perceives stigma or discrimination of depression from family and friends, then they may be less likely to seek university counseling for depression as well as possible applications with alternative therapies as a favorable option.
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- Nicholas D'Amico
- Nicholas D'Amico, BSN, RN, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA
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- Brandy Mechling, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA
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- Jeanne Kemppainen, PhD, RN, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA
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- Nancy R. Ahern, PhD, RN, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA
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- Jackson Lee, PhD, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC, USA
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Pössel P, Rakes C, Rudasill KM, Sawyer MG, Spence SH, Sheffield J. Associations Between Teacher-Reported School Climate and Depressive Symptoms in Australian Adolescents: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-016-9191-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gao Y, Wong DSW, Yu Y. Maltreatment and Delinquency in China: Examining and Extending the Intervening Process of General Strain Theory. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY 2016; 60:38-61. [PMID: 25145686 DOI: 10.1177/0306624x14547495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Using a sample of 1,163 adolescents from four middle schools in China, this study explores the intervening process of how adolescent maltreatment is related to delinquency within the framework of general strain theory (GST) by comparing two models. The first model is Agnew's integrated model of GST, which examines the mediating effects of social control, delinquent peer affiliation, state anger, and depression on the relationship between maltreatment and delinquency. Based on this model, with the intent to further explore the mediating effects of state anger and depression and to investigate whether their effects on delinquency can be demonstrated more through delinquent peer affiliation and social control, an extended model (Model 2) is proposed by the authors. The second model relates state anger to delinquent peer affiliation and state depression to social control. By comparing the fit indices and the significance of the hypothesized paths of the two models, the study found that the extended model can better reflect the mechanism of how maltreatment contributes to delinquency, whereas the original integrated GST model only receives partial support because of its failure to find the mediating effects of state negative emotions.
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- Yunjiao Gao
- City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Pittard CM, Pössel P, Smith RJ. TEACHING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE: VERIFYING FACTOR STRUCTURE AND INVESTIGATING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN CATHOLIC MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.21865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Brekke I. Health and educational success in adolescents: a longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:619. [PMID: 26149763 PMCID: PMC4492012 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1966-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Health in childhood and adolescence is a matter of contention. This article examines how infant and adolescent health act together with parental SES, health-related behaviour and academic factors to generate differences in the early life course with regard to later enrolment in higher education. Methods We used a questionnaire on health, The Oslo Health Study, which was linked to register data that provided detailed information on educational outcomes over time; and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, which provided information on health at birth. Results It was found in the unadjusted results that infant health measures had a positive association with enrolment in higher education. After adjustment for adolescent health, there was still evidence that infant health are associated with enrolment in higher education. However, this association disappeared when parental socio-economic status (SES) was included in the model. Health in adolescents remains a significant and strong predictor of enrolment in higher education after adjusting for parental SES. However, the relationship between adolescent health and enrolment in higher education was reduced and became nonsignificant when adjustments were made to the health behaviour of the adolescents and their relationship with their families. Future educational expectations and good grades in grade 10 are strong predictors of enrolment in higher education. Conclusions There are lower odds of enrolment in higher education for infants of low birthweight. However, this result seems to reflect the fact that parental SES correlate with both infant health and enrolment in higher education. Adolescent health are associated with enrolment in higher education, even after adjusting for parental SES. However, a considerable proportion of this association seems to be attributable to health-related behaviour and the relationship of the adolescent with his or her family.
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- Idunn Brekke
- Department of Nursing - Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Postbox 4 St. Olavs plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
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Hale DR, Bevilacqua L, Viner RM. Adolescent Health and Adult Education and Employment: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics 2015; 136:128-40. [PMID: 26101362 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Poor health in adolescence has the potential to disrupt education and employment pathways. This study is the first systematic review of the literature examining education and employment outcomes in adulthood of poor adolescent mental and physical health. METHODS We conducted searches using a standardized search protocol in 8 electronic databases: PsycINFO, Medline, Embase, ERIC, British Education Index, Australian Education Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and CINAHL Plus. We identified studies that longitudinally compared adult education and employment outcomes of those with an adolescent chronic condition of clinical severity with healthy controls. We conducted meta-analyses using odds ratios (for dichotomous variables) and Cohen's d (for continuous variables) as our main summary statistics. RESULTS We identified 27 studies incorporating 70 relevant analyses. Our meta-analyses suggested that overall, poor health in adolescence was associated with poorer education and employment outcomes in adulthood. However, evidence was much stronger for mental health conditions than for physical health conditions, for which less evidence was available and mixed findings emerged. Compared with mental health conditions, we identified few studies investigating the long-term outcomes of physical health conditions. Age and follow-up times varied considerably across our studies, which potentially resulted in some heterogeneity in effect sizes. The majority of included studies were conducted in the United States, raising questions about the generalizability of the results internationally. CONCLUSIONS Health in adolescence contributes to adult attainment and life chances. The results suggest that investment in health may improve life chances and that policy interventions may improve outcomes for those with adolescent chronic conditions.
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- Daniel R Hale
- University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Veldman K, Bültmann U, Stewart RE, Ormel J, Verhulst FC, Reijneveld SA. Mental health problems and educational attainment in adolescence: 9-year follow-up of the TRAILS study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101751. [PMID: 25047692 PMCID: PMC4105412 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background This study examines if mental health problems at age 11 and changes in mental health problems between age 11 and 16 predict educational attainment of adolescents at age 19, overall and stratified by gender. Methods Data from 1711 adolescents (76.8% from initial cohort) of the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a Dutch prospective cohort study with 9year follow-up, were used. Mental health problems (externalizing, internalizing and attention problems) were measured by the Youth Self Report and the Child Behavior Checklist at ages 11 and 16. Difference scores for mental health problems between age 11 and 16 were calculated. Educational attainment was assessed at age 19. Results Externalizing, internalizing and attention problems at age 11 were significantly associated with low educational attainment at age 19 (crude model). When adjusted for demographic variables and the other mental health problems, only the association for attention problems remained significant (odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval: 3.19, 2.11–4.83). Increasing externalizing problems between age 11 and 16 also predicted low educational attainment at age 19 (OR 3.12, 1.83–5.32). Among girls, increasing internalizing problems between age 11 and 16 predicted low educational attainment (OR 2.21, 1.25–3.94). For boys, no significant association was found for increasing internalizing problems and low educational attainment. For increasing attention problems between age 11 and 16 no significant association with low educational attainment was found. Conclusions Externalizing, internalizing and attention problems at age 11 and an increase of these problems during adolescence predicted low educational attainment at age 19. Early treatment of these mental health problems may improve educational attainment, and reduce socioeconomic health differences in adulthood.
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- Karin Veldman
- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center for Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus Medical Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Community & Occupational Medicine, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sagatun Å, Heyerdahl S, Wentzel-Larsen T, Lien L. Mental health problems in the 10th grade and non-completion of upper secondary school: the mediating role of grades in a population-based longitudinal study. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:16. [PMID: 24406098 PMCID: PMC3905670 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND School drop-out is a problem all over the world with adverse life-course consequences. The aim of this paper is to study how internalising and externalising problems in the 10th grade are associated with non-completion of upper secondary school, and to examine the mediating role of grade points in the 10th grade across general academic and vocational tracks in upper secondary school. We also study the impact of health behaviour. METHODS Population-based health surveys were linked with Norwegian registries on education and sociodemographic factors (n = 10 931). Mental health was assessed by the self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to analyse the relations between mental health and health behaviour in 10th grade and non-completion of upper secondary school. The mediating effect of grade points was studied by causal mediation analysis. RESULTS Adolescents not completing upper secondary school reported more externalising problems and girls more internalising problems in the 10th grade, after adjustments. Smoking and physical inactivity increased the odds of non-completion of upper secondary school. Causal mediation analyses showed that a reduction in externalising problems of 10 percentage points led to lower rates of non-completion of 4-5 percentage points, and about three-quarters of this total effect was mediated by grades. For internalising problems the total effect was significant only for girls (1 percentage point), and the mediated effect of grades was about 30%. The effect of mental health problems on school dropout was mainly the same in both vocational and general tracks. CONCLUSIONS Assuming a causal relationship from mental health problems to school performance, this study suggests that externalising problems impair educational attainment. A reduction of such problems may improve school performance, reduce school drop-out and reduce the adverse life-course consequences.
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- Åse Sagatun
- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Dual Diagnosis, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Sanderud, Brumundal, Norway
- Faculty of Public Health, Hedmark University College, Elverum, Norway
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Jonsson U, Goodman A, von Knorring AL, von Knorring L, Koupil I. School performance and hospital admission due to unipolar depression: a three-generational study of social causation and social selection. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2012; 47:1695-706. [PMID: 22252534 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0476-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Both "social causation" and "social selection" offer plausible explanations for an association between education and mental health. We aimed to explore these processes in unipolar depression, with a specific focus on school performance and family tradition of education. METHOD Grandchildren (N = 28,089, 49% female, aged 13-47 years in 2002) of a cohort born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1915-1929 were studied in national registers. We obtained data on final grade point average (GPA) in compulsory school, hospitalizations for unipolar depression, grandparental/parental education and other parental social characteristics. Hospitalization in adolescence and adulthood were studied separately, as were hospitalization for depression with or without a lifetime externalizing disorder. RESULTS Low compulsory school GPA (1-2 SD or >2 SD below average vs. average GPA) was associated with increased rate of adolescent hospitalization for unipolar depression, both with externalizing comorbidity [hazard ratio (HR) point estimates of 66-80] and without (HR point estimates of 4-6). By contrast, low GPA was only associated with first-time hospitalization in adulthood for the subgroup with externalizing comorbidity (HR point estimates of 4-6). These associations were largely independent of family education and social characteristics. Overall, low parental/grandparental education was not related to increased rates of hospitalization. CONCLUSION The association between school performance and hospitalization for depression depended on adolescent hospitalization or externalizing comorbidity, suggesting that disorders with an early onset are decisive. Contrary to the social patterning of many health outcomes, low grandparental/parental education did not appear to increase the rate of hospitalization for unipolar depression in the offspring.
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- Ulf Jonsson
- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Zusammenfassung. Die Diskussion um den Zusammenhang von Gesundheit und Bildung konzentriert sich in Deutschland bislang vor allem auf die Frage, welchen Einfluss Bildung auf Gesundheit hat. Für die Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention, insbesondere in Bildungs- und Erziehungssettings, ist jedoch ebenfalls von Bedeutung, ob ein und welcher Einfluss von Gesundheit auf Bildung ausgeht. Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrages ist es daher, einen Überblick über die internationale Befundlage zum Einfluss von Gesundheit auf Bildung zu geben. Entsprechend des nationalen Gesundheitsziels „gesund aufwachsen” werden dabei die Themenbereiche Ernährung, Bewegung und psychische Gesundheit fokussiert. Über eine systematische Datenbankrecherche ließen sich insgesamt 39 Längsschnittstudien identifizieren. Die Befundlage weist darauf hin, dass Übergewicht, Adipositas, mangelnde körperliche Aktivität und psychische Probleme einen negativen Einfluss auf die Schulleistung (Schulnoten), die Schulanwesenheit, den Schulabschluss sowie auch die Aufnahme und den Abschluss eines Studiums haben können. Dabei ließen sich eine Reihe von bedeutsamen Drittvariablen identifizieren (z.B. Sozialstatus, Ausmaß an Stigmatisierung). Die Ergebnisse liefern Hinweise für eine empirische Bestätigung der Annahmen des Ansatzes der guten gesunden Schule und geben überdies Anregungen für die Implementation und Evaluation von Maßnahmen der schulischen Gesundheitsförderung.
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Martin-Storey A, Crosnoe R. Sexual minority status, peer harassment, and adolescent depression. J Adolesc 2012; 35:1001-11. [PMID: 22401842 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The well-documented higher rates of depression among sexual minority youth are increasingly viewed by developmentalists as a byproduct of the stigmatization of sexual minority status in American society and of the negative impact this stigma has on the processes associated with depression. This study attempted to spur future research by testing Hatzenbuehler's (2009) psychological mediation framework to investigate the ways in which peer harassment related to sexuality puts young people at risk by influencing the cognitive, social, and regulatory factors associated with depression. Analyses of 15 year olds in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development revealed that sexual minority status was largely associated with depressive outcomes via harassment, which was subsequently associated with depression via cognitive and social factors. Results point to various avenues for exploring the importance of the social world and self-concept for the outcomes of sexual minority adolescents in the future.
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- Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Esch P, Bocquet V, Pull C, Couffignal S, Graas M, Lair ML, Lehnert T, Fond-Harmant L, Ansseau M. Psychosocial risk and protective factors of secondary school dropout in Luxembourg: the protocol of an exploratory case-control study. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:555. [PMID: 21752239 PMCID: PMC3151235 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background In Luxembourg, the extensive phenomenon of school dropout is a prime policy concern in the light of individual, social and economic consequences. Although the authorities report an overall decrease of the national dropout rate, the proportion of early school leavers who remain without any specific occupation is still alarming. Therefore, this study intends a shift of focus from system-inherent to individual factors, including mental health and family correlates, to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the dropout phenomenon. Methods/Design The objectives of this study are to investigate the type and prevalence of psychiatric disorders among school dropouts and to compare the findings with those by a matched control group of regularly enrolled students. Furthermore, family variables and socioeconomic status will be analysed, as they are factors likely to interfere with both educational attainment and mental health. A trained psychologist will use structured interviews and self-report forms to investigate for mental health issues, information on schooling, socioeconomic situation and family life. Controls will be matched for gender, age, school type and educational grade. Discussion As school dropouts face a serious risk of long term professional and social marginalization, there is an evident need for action. Identifying psychosocial risk and protective factors of school dropout will deliver solid insight on how to conceive public health strategies for young people who may need a more customized support to carry out their academic potential. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01354236
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Intimate relationships and childbearing after adolescent depression: a population-based 15 year follow-up study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2011; 46:711-21. [PMID: 20512560 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0238-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Adolescent depression is associated with a range of interpersonal adversities. We hypothesized that depressed adolescents are at subsequent increased risk of problems related to intimate relationships and childbearing in adulthood, and used longitudinal data to examine this. METHOD A population-based investigation of depression in 16 to 17 year olds was followed up after 15 years, at around the age of 30 years. Comparisons were made between adolescents with depression (n = 361, 78% females) and non-depressed peers (n = 248, 77% females). Data from both national registers and personal interviews were used. RESULTS At follow-up, the former depressed and non-depressed adolescents had become parents to a similar extent. The former depressed females were more likely than the non-depressed females to report abortion, miscarriage, intimate partner violence and sexually transmitted disease. They also reported a higher number of intimate relationships and were more likely to have divorced and to be registered as single mothers. Depressed females with a comorbid disruptive disorder had a particularly poor outcome. In the depressed females without a disruptive disorder, only those who subsequently had recurrent depressions in adulthood were at increased risk of poor outcome. There was no indication that the formerly depressed males were at increased risk of subsequent problems related to intimate relationships. CONCLUSION Females with adolescent depression subsequently have problems related to intimate relationships and childbearing. Disruptive disorders and recurrence of depression appear to be instrumental in this association. Attention should be given to intimate relationship problems and sexual and reproductive health issues in young women with depression.
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Jonsson U, Bohman H, von Knorring L, Olsson G, Paaren A, von Knorring AL. Mental health outcome of long-term and episodic adolescent depression: 15-year follow-up of a community sample. J Affect Disord 2011; 130:395-404. [PMID: 21112639 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Revised: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent studies have highlighted the unfavourable natural course of chronic/long-term depression. We investigated the adult mental health outcome of adolescent depression, with specific focus on long-term and episodic adolescent major depression (MD). METHODS A community sample of depressed adolescents and non-depressed peers was followed-up with a structured diagnostic interview after 15 years. The participants (n=382) were divided into five groups depending on their status in adolescence: no depression (n=155); long-term MD (n=91); episodic MD (n=63); dysthymia (n=33); and subthreshold symptoms (n=40). Outcomes (age 19-31) included mood disorders, other mental disorders, suicidality, and treatment for mental disorders. RESULTS The long-term group overall had a poorer outcome than the non-depressed group, with the episodic group in an intermediate position. The outcome of the dysthymic group was similar to that of the long-term group, while the subsyndromal group did not differ markedly from the non-depressed group. The long-term group was more likely than the episodic group to report adult anxiety disorders, multiple mental disorders, suicide attempts, and treatment; they also seemed to develop more persistent adult depressions, with a higher number of recurrent episodes and longer duration of antidepressant treatment. Even after adjustment for adolescent factors of clinical and etiological importance, the long-term group had a markedly less favourable outcome than the episodic group. LIMITATION The participation rate at follow-up was 64.6%. CONCLUSION Longstanding depression in adolescence is a powerful predictor of continued mental health problems in adulthood. It is now important to evaluate if early interventions can alter this severe course.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-751 85 Sweden.
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Häuser W, Schmutzer G, Brähler E, Glaesmer H. Maltreatment in childhood and adolescence: results from a survey of a representative sample of the German population. DEUTSCHES ARZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL 2011; 108:287-94. [PMID: 21629512 PMCID: PMC3103979 DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2011.0287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are no up-to-date, representative studies on the frequency of maltreatment (abuse or neglect) among children and adolescents in Germany. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, standardized questionnaires were administered to persons aged 14 and older in a representative sample of the German population. Statistics on maltreatment in childhood and adolescence were collected with the German version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Regression analysis was used to detect potential associations of maltreatment with demographic variables including sex, age, place of birth, and social class. RESULTS 2504 of the 4455 persons contacted (56%) completed the study. Severe emotional abuse in childhood and/or adolescence was reported by 1.6% of persons in the overall sample, severe physical abuse by 2.8%, and severe sexual abuse by 1.9%. Severe emotional neglect was reported by 6.6% and severe physical neglect by 10.8%. Female sex was a predictor for severe sexual abuse, while belonging to a low or middle social stratum was a predictor for severe physical abuse and neglect. Being older at the time of the survey was a predictor for severe physical neglect. All types of maltreatment were significantly correlated with each other (p<0.001). CONCLUSION The frequencies of various types of abuse and neglect of children and adolescents that were retrospectively determined in this up-to-date study by questionnaire of a representative sample of the German population, and the correlations between them, correspond to those found in a German population-based study in 1995 and in recent American studies.
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- Winfried Häuser
- Klinik für Innere Medizin I (Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Stoffwechsel- und Infektionskrankheiten, Psychosomatik), Klinikum Saarbrücken gGmbH, Winterberg 1, 66119 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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