Cumulative environmental risk in early life is associated with mental disorders in childhood
- O'Hare, K.
- Watkeys, O.
- Whitten, T.
- Dean, K.
- Laurens, K.R.
- Harris, F.
- Carr, V.J.
- Green, M.J.
DOIAbstract
Background: No single environmental factor is a necessary or sufficient cause of mental disorder; multifactorial and transdiagnostic approaches are needed to understand the impact of the environment on the development of mental disorders across the life course. Method: Using linked multi-agency administrative data for 71 932 children from the New South Wales Child Developmental Study, using logistic regression, we examined associations between 16 environmental risk factors in early life (prenatal period to <6 years of age) and later diagnoses of mental disorder recorded in health service data (from age 6 to 13 years), both individually and summed as an environmental risk score (ERS). Results: The ERS was associated with all types of mental ...
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