Many adult mental disorders have their origins in childhood yet our knowledge about this
largely comes from studies assessing adults utilising retrospective recall of age of onset. In …

Objective: Up to one in five children experience mental health problems. Social and cultural
factors may influence emergence of mental health problems. The 21st century has led to …

Background Child mental health problems are common. Previous studies have examined
secular changes in their prevalence but have not assessed whether later outcomes have …

The aim of this project was to assess the current evidence from longitudinal studies for
childhood determinants of adult mental illness. Because of the variable and often prolonged …

Background Quantifying diagnostic transitions across development is needed to estimate
the long‐term burden of mental illness. This study estimated patterns of diagnostic …

First onset of mental disorders usually occur in childhood or adolescence, although
treatment typically does not occur until a number of years later. Although interventions with …

Mental disorders are the predominant chronic diseases of youth, with substantial life span
morbidity and mortality. A wealth of evidence demonstrates that the neurodevelopmental …

Background Child and adolescent mental health problems are common, associated with
wide‐ranging functional impairments, and show substantial continuities into adult life. It is …

Objective Ages of onset of psychiatric disorders, as well as the link between early onset and
later psychosocial functioning, were examined in a community population of older …

OBJECTIVE: To present estimates of the lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV mental disorders
with and without severe impairment, their comorbidity across broad classes of disorder, and …