Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study.

Carolina ZieboldSara Evans-LackoMário César Rezende AndradeMaurício HoffmannLaís FonsecaMatheus BarbosaPedro Mario PanEuripedes MiguelRodrigo BressanLuis Augusto RohdeGiovanni SalumJulia SchaferJair de Jesus MariAry Gadelha

Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry (2021)

Childhood poverty had detrimental consequences on externalizing MHD in adolescence, especially among females. Poverty and SLE are preventable risk factors that need to be tackled to reduce the burden of externalizing disorders in young people.

Keyphrases

risk factors
mental health
early life
depressive symptoms
systemic lupus erythematosus
childhood cancer
rheumatoid arthritis