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Relationships between mental disorders in childhood and adulthood
Author(s) -
Rutter M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09745.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anxiety , autism , diagnostic classification of mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood , anorexia nervosa , biological psychopathology , developmental psychopathology , developmental disorder , psychiatry , eating disorders , child psychopathology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , prevalence of mental disorders
Research findings on continuities and discontinuities in psychopathology between childhood and adult life are reviewed with respect to major depressive disorders, anxiety states, obsessional conditions, anorexia nervosa, conduct disorders, hyperkinetic disorders, autism, specific developmental disorders of language and schizophrenia. The findings are used to consider both the conceptual issues and possible mediating mechanisms.