Early vulnerabilities for psychiatric disorders in elementary schoolchildren from four Brazilian regions.

Cristiane Silvestre PaulaJair J MariIsabel Altenfelder Santos BordinEuripedes C MiguelIsabela FortesNatalia BarrosoLuis Augusto RohdeEvandro Silva Freire Coutinho

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2018)

Early vulnerabilities such as low IQ, presence of disability, and dimensions of temperament were associated with psychiatric disorders among Brazilian elementary school children, after controlling for familial and ecological confounders. These early vulnerabilities should be considered in mental health prevention/intervention programs in low-middle-income countries like Brazil.

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