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Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation

Common mental disorders: missed opportunity for smoking prevention and cessation

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In utero exposure to antidepressant medication and neonatal growth outcomes: closer examination of the evidence is needed

In utero exposure to antidepressant medication and neonatal growth outcomes: closer examination of the evidence is needed

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What’s the difference between anxiety and depression?

While depression and anxiety can have similar signs and symptoms, they also have some distinct features.

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Are women with major depression in pregnancy identifiable in population health data?

Although record linkage of routinely collected health datasets is a valuable research resource, most datasets are established for administrative purposes and...

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Neck/shoulder pain is more strongly related to depressed mood in adolescent girls than in boys

A cross-sectional study of 1258, 14 year old girls and boys used self-report and physical examination measures to assess neck/shoulder pain in the last...

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Comorbidities of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Pregnancy Risk Factors and Parent Mental Health

Our study examined the risk of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption in pregnancy associated with child comorbidity in a community sample of children...

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Pre-pregnancy maternal overweight and obesity increase the risk for affective disorders in offspring

Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity has been linked with an increased risk for negative emotionality and inattentiveness in offspring in early childhood.

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Adolescent peer aggression and its association with mental health and substance use in an Australian cohort

Prospective longitudinal birth cohort data was used to examine the association between peer aggression at 14yrs and mental health and substance use at 17yrs...

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Late-talking and risk for behavioral and emotional problems during childhood and adolescence

Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age,...

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Early mental health morbidity and later smoking at 17 years of age

We examined the relationship between the onset and pattern of childhood mental health disorders and subsequent current smoking status at age 17 years.