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A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate association between early recognizable minor physical abnormality (MPA) during childhood is associated with mental health problems in young adults. METHODS: In 1984, 169 preschool children in central Taiwan underwent a detailed physical examination for subtl...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Helen, Chang, Cheng-Chen, Chang, Yue-Cune, Lee, Wen-Kuei, Tzang, Ruu-Fen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25110493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.228
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author Cheng, Helen
Chang, Cheng-Chen
Chang, Yue-Cune
Lee, Wen-Kuei
Tzang, Ruu-Fen
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Tzang, Ruu-Fen
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate association between early recognizable minor physical abnormality (MPA) during childhood is associated with mental health problems in young adults. METHODS: In 1984, 169 preschool children in central Taiwan underwent a detailed physical examination for subtle abnormalities (MPA). Fourteen years later, the Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS) and Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ) were used to measure specific psychiatric symptoms. RESULTS: There is an association between MPA during childhood and adult characterized with interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, depression and paranoid mental health symptoms. CONCLUSION: The signs of childhood MPA can be easily identified and should be regarded as risk factors when predicting mental disorder. Mental health professionals should consider MPAs as important signs for possible development of emotional problems.
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spelling pubmed-41241792014-08-10 A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems Cheng, Helen Chang, Cheng-Chen Chang, Yue-Cune Lee, Wen-Kuei Tzang, Ruu-Fen Psychiatry Investig Original Article OBJECTIVE: This study aims to investigate association between early recognizable minor physical abnormality (MPA) during childhood is associated with mental health problems in young adults. METHODS: In 1984, 169 preschool children in central Taiwan underwent a detailed physical examination for subtle abnormalities (MPA). Fourteen years later, the Brief Symptom Rating Scale (BSRS) and Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ) were used to measure specific psychiatric symptoms. RESULTS: There is an association between MPA during childhood and adult characterized with interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, depression and paranoid mental health symptoms. CONCLUSION: The signs of childhood MPA can be easily identified and should be regarded as risk factors when predicting mental disorder. Mental health professionals should consider MPAs as important signs for possible development of emotional problems. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014-07 2014-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4124179/ /pubmed/25110493 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.228 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems
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title_fullStr A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems
title_full_unstemmed A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems
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title_sort pilot study: association between minor physical anomalies in childhood and future mental problems
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4124179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25110493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.3.228
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