Children who struggle with memory issues and have a poor attention span are more likely to develop mental health conditions when they become adults, study shows.
Researchers from the University of Birmingham analysed data from a cohort of 13,988 individuals born in 1991 and 1992 and re-examined over decades.
They set out to look for any links between childhood cognitive problems such as lack of control and memory issues, and later life mental health conditions.
They found that poor attention span in eight year olds could lead to depression at 18, and memory problems at ten could lead to hypomania when they are 22 years old.
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Children experiencing cognitive problems such as low attention, poor memory or lack of inhibition may later suffer mental health issues as teenagers and young adults, a new study reveals.
Targeting specific markers in childhood for early treatment may help to minimise the risk of children developing certain psychopathological problems in adolescence and adult life, such as borderline personality disorder, depression and psychosis.
Cognitive deficits are core features of mental disorders and important in predicting long-term prognosis - the researchers work indicates that individual patterns of such deficits predate specific mental disorders.
Analysing data from an initial UK cohort of 13,988 individuals born between April 1991 and December 1992, researchers discovered a number of key and specific links between childhood cognitive problems and mental health issues in later life, namely:
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