Comorbidity Classes and Associated Impairment, Demographics and 9/11-Exposures in 8,236 Children and Adolescents

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• Personal Author:
  Bresnahan M ; Duarte CS ; Eisenberg R ; Fan B ; Geronazzo-Alman L ; Guffanti G ; Hoven C ; Musa GJ ; Wicks J
• Description:
  The extensive comorbidity of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents leads to clinical heterogeneity, and is an often-overlooked issue in etiopathogenic and treatment studies in developmental psychopathology. In a representative sample (N=8236) of New York City public school students assessed six months after 9/11, latent class analysis was applied to 48 symptoms across seven disorders: posttraumatic stress, agoraphobia, separation anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety (GAD), major depression (MDD) and conduct disorder (CD). Our objective was to identify classes defined by homogenous symptom profiles, and to examine the association between class membership and gender, age, race, different types of exposure to 9/11, and impairment. Eight homogenous comorbidity patterns were identified, including four severe disturbance classes: a multimorbid internalizing class (INT), a class with a high probability of CD, MDD, and GAD symptoms (Distress/EXT), a non-comorbid externalizing class, and a non-comorbid MDD class. Demographic and 9/11-related exposures showed some degree of specificity in their association with severe symptom profiles. Impairment was particularly high in the INT and Distress/EXT classes. A better characterization of phenomic data, that takes comorbidity into account, is essential to understand etiopathogenic processes, and to move psychiatric research forward towards personalized medicine. The high probability of endorsing symptoms of multiple disorders in the INT and Distress/EXT classes supports the use of treatments focusing on multimorbidity. Clinical trials should evaluate the effectiveness of disorder-specific versus transdiagnostic interventions. The association between class membership and demographic and exposure variables suggests that interventions may be improved by considering specific predictors of class membership. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Aging
  • Demography
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Mental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Race Factors
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Safety
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Humans
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Psychological effects
  • Psychology
  • WTC
  • World Trade Center
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • PTSD
  • Age groups
  More +
• ISSN:
  0022-3956
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  171-177
• Volume:
  96
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051023
• Citation:
  J Psychiatr Res 2018 Jan; 96:171-177
• Contact Point Address:
  Lupo Geronazzo-Alman, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, Room 5221, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032, United States
• Email:
  geronazl@nyspi.columbia.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Psychiatric Research
• End Date:
  20170630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211163/cdc_211163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 950.01 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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