OBJECTIVE: To examine the young adult physical health outcomes of adolescent girls with behavior problems. METHOD: Girls with conduct disorder, girls with depression, girls with anxiety, and healthy girls (N = 459) who had been evaluated at age 15 years were followed up at age 21, when general physical health, substance dependence, and reproductive health were assessed. RESULTS: After control for potentially confounding variables including prior health, adolescent conduct disorder predicted more medical problems, poorer self-reported overall health, lower body mass index, alcohol and/or marijuana dependence, tobacco dependence, daily smoking, more lifetime sexual partners, sexually transmitted disease, and early pregnancy. Adolescent depression predicted only adult tobacco dependence and more medical problems; adolescent anxiety predicted more medical problems. CONCLUSIONS: The robust link between female adolescent conduct disorder and poor physical health in adulthood suggests that intervention with girls who have conduct disorder may be a strategy for preventing subsequent health problems.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the young adult physical health outcomes of adolescent girls with behavior problems. METHOD:Girls with conduct disorder, girls with depression, girls with anxiety, and healthy girls (N = 459) who had been evaluated at age 15 years were followed up at age 21, when general physical health, substance dependence, and reproductive health were assessed. RESULTS: After control for potentially confounding variables including prior health, adolescent conduct disorder predicted more medical problems, poorer self-reported overall health, lower body mass index, alcohol and/or marijuana dependence, tobacco dependence, daily smoking, more lifetime sexual partners, sexually transmitted disease, and early pregnancy. Adolescent depression predicted only adult tobacco dependence and more medical problems; adolescent anxiety predicted more medical problems. CONCLUSIONS: The robust link between female adolescent conduct disorder and poor physical health in adulthood suggests that intervention with girls who have conduct disorder may be a strategy for preventing subsequent health problems.
Authors: H Ebeling; I Moilanen; S L Linna; T Tirkkonen; T Ebeling; J Piha; K Kumpulainen; E Räsänen; T Tamminen; F Almqvist Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 1999 Impact factor: 4.785
Authors: Marian Tanofsky-Kraff; Marc L Cohen; Susan Z Yanovski; Christopher Cox; Kelly R Theim; Margaret Keil; James C Reynolds; Jack A Yanovski Journal: Pediatrics Date: 2006-04 Impact factor: 7.124