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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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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 |
author_facet | Cheng, Helen Chang, Cheng-Chen Chang, Yue-Cune Lee, Wen-Kuei 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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cheng, Helen Chang, Cheng-Chen Chang, Yue-Cune Lee, Wen-Kuei Tzang, Ruu-Fen A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems |
title | A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems |
title_full | A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems |
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 |
title_short | A Pilot Study: Association between Minor Physical Anomalies in Childhood and Future Mental Problems |
title_sort | pilot study: association between minor physical anomalies in childhood and future mental problems |
topic | Original Article |
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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