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.
McNeil
T F
TF
Department of Psychiatry, University of Lund, Malmö, Sweden.
Blennow
G
G
Cantor-Graae
E
E
Persson-Blennow
I
I
Harty
B
B
Karyd
U B
UB
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