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Trends in psychopathology across the adolescent years: what changes when children become adolescents, and when adolescents become adults?

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Costello, E. Jane, Copeland, William, Angold, Adrian·2011·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Background: Little is known about changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders between childhood and adolescence, and adolescence and adulthood. Methods: We reviewed papers reporting prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders separately for childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Both longitudinal and cross‐sectional papers published in the past 15 years were included. Results: About one adolescent in five has a psychiatric disorder. From childhood to adolescence there is an increase in rates of depression, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and substance use disorders (SUD), and a decrease in separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From adolescence to early adulthood there is a further increase in panic disorder, agoraphobia, and SUD, and a further decrease in SAD and ADHD. Other phobias and disruptive behavior disorders also fall. Conclusions: Further study of changes in rates of disorder across developmental stages could inform etiological research and guide interventions.

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  • Depression and anxiety increase during emerging adulthood compared to other developmental age periods.

    “In fact, these emotional problems increase during emerging adulthood compared to other developmental age periods (Costello et al., 2011).”

    From Examining the Prospective Associations Between Mindfulness Facets and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood. (2021) · cites this paper as Costello et al., 2011

    The Discussion (page not provided) says depression and some anxiety disorders—panic disorder and agoraphobia—begin increasing in adolescence and continue into early adulthood. But the Results (page not provided) report mixed findings for depression during the transition to adulthood, while several other anxiety disorders decrease. The paper therefore does not support a general increase in depression and anxiety in emerging adulthood compared with other developmental periods. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 1987 American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC 3rd edition revised DSM-IIIR
  2. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 1994 American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)

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Authors
Costello, E. J., Copeland, W., & Angold, A.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
Venue
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-08-04
Volume
52
Issue
10
Pages
1015-1025
ISSN
  • 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7610
OpenAlex
W2123879472
Cited by
864
References
123
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH083964)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA024413, U01DA024413, U01 DA024413 R01, R01DA011301, R01DA022308)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
psychopathology, developmental changes, childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, depression, panic disorder, agoraphobia, substance use disorders, separation anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, phobia, disruptive behavior disorders
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Humans, Psychopathology

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