Childhood IQ and adult mental disorders: A test of the cognitive reserve hypothesis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Koenen, Karestan C ^a   Moffitt, Terrie E ^b   Roberts, Andrea L ^b   Martin, Laurie T ^b   Kubzansky, Laura ^b   Harrington, Honalee ^b   Poulton, Richie ^b   Caspi, Avshalom ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 59749105767     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08030343     Document Type: Article

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