Greater risk of social isolation, low educational attainment and heavy substance use also identified in Irish-led research
“Mental health symptoms often come and go throughout childhood and adolescence, so we do not want to over-rely on symptom levels at one point in time,” said the study’s lead author, Dr Niamh Dooley of the RCSI department of psychiatry. “We decided to investigate children who had persistent reports of mental health symptoms, regardless of whether they met the criteria for an official diagnosis.”
Researchers also took different types of childhood symptoms into account, such as whether a child tended to internalise their symptoms , externalise their symptoms , or both. “Our analysis shows that mental health problems in childhood are linked with a wide range of functional issues in adulthood, beyond the realms of mental health,” Dr Dooley said. “Some groups were at particular risk for specific outcomes. For instance, females with persistent symptoms across childhood, particularly internalising symptoms, had very high rates of poor physical health by young adulthood.
“Over 50 per cent of children with mental health issues had at least one educational or economic difficulty by young adulthood, compared to around 30 per cent of those without mental health issues in childhood,” Dr Dooley said.
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