Minor congenital malformations and mental characteristics during childhood: high-risk and normal-risk groups.
Among children with normal psychiatric risk, those born with (even minor) congenital malformations (CMs) evidenced significantly poorer attention persistence in early childhood, as well as greater anxiety-proneness, poorer interpersonal relational competency, and more mental disturbance at six years of age. No significant relationship between CMs and mental characteristics was found in children at heightened psychiatric risk.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden.
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McNeil
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D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment