Behavioral observations at age 3 years predict adult psychiatric disorders: Longitudinal evidence from a birth cohort

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1033-1039

  Caspi, Avshalom ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Newman, Denise L ^a   Silva, Phil A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029806733     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830110071009     Document Type: Article

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