In both child and adult psychiatry, empirical evidence has now accrued to suggest that a
single dimension is able to measure a person's liability to mental disorder, comorbidity …

The literature on father absence is frequently criticized for its use of cross-sectional data and
methods that fail to take account of possible omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We …

Mental disorders traditionally have been viewed as distinct, episodic, and categorical
conditions. This view has been challenged by evidence that many disorders are sequentially …

METHODS: We obtained retrospective information on 9 ACEs self-reported by parents and
parent reports of their children's (1) behavioral problems (using the Behavior Problems …

Bullying is shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in cross-sectional studies, but
only a few studies have prospectively examined the effects of childhood bullying on adult …

The traditional view that mental disorders are distinct, categorical disorders has been
challenged by evidence that disorders are highly comorbid and exist on a continuum (eg …

We have written this book with an eye and ear toward a variety of audiences, ranging from
practitioners and professionals to researchers like ourselves. The vantage point from which …

• We evaluated the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS), an adaptation of the Global
Assessment Scale for adults. Our findings indicate that the CGAS can be a useful measure …

Gender dysphoria (GD) in childhood is a complex phenomenon characterized by clinically
significant distress due to the incongruence between assigned gender at birth and …

Background This longitudinal community study assessed the prevalence and development
of psychiatric disorders from age 9 through 16 years and examined homotypic and …