Mental health struggles in childhood — including ADHD, depression, and ODD — are correlated with
later substance abuse problems, a new meta - analysis finds.
Not exact matches
«Underage drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to serious health
problems, including addiction
later in life,» said New York State Office of Alcoholism and
Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez.
The committee reports «substantial evidence» linking early marijuana use with
substance abuse later in life and suggesting that cannabis increases the likelihood of respiratory
problems, motor vehicle accidents, and low birth weight in infants born to pot - smoking mothers.
However, it seems his general impatience and argumentative nature was as much to blame as his
substance abuse for any unevenness in the
later films (this
problem was apparent in the earlier films too when he was, according to Hanna Schygulla, weary of drugs).
Six months
later, the grievor underwent a medical examination on her own which determined that she did suffer from a
substance abuse problem.
Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support;
late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current
substance misuse; current or history of mental health
problem or disorder; history of
abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.
The more adverse experiences in childhood, the greater the likelihood of developmental delays and
later health
problems, including heart disease, diabetes,
substance abuse, and depression.
Conversely, research has shown that child victims of
abuse, particularly sexual
abuse, often develop
substance use
problems later in life, perhaps to attempt to escape the unresolved emotional trauma of
abuse or neglect.
Furthermore, the authors suggest that limiting the occurrence of these psychological difficulties would decrease occurrence of
substance use and
abuse, decrease the occurrence of
later mental health
problems, and, therefore, decrease negative occupational outcomes.
Children who do not learn social - emotional skills in preschool are more likely to have bigger
problems later such as school failure, delinquency or
substance abuse.
Furthermore, externalizing
problems are associated with many poor outcomes
later in life, such as impairments in academic and psychosocial functioning, delinquency and
substance abuse [3]--[7].
Specifically, the ACE Study model relies strongly on the idea that adverse childhood experiences create a burden of psychological stress that changes behavior, cognitions, emotions, and physical functions in ways that promote subsequent health
problems and illness.22 Among the hypothesized pathways, adverse childhood experiences lead to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, which in turn can lead to
substance abuse, sleep disorders, inactivity, immunosuppression, inflammatory responses, and inconsistent health care use, possibly leading to other medical conditions
later in life.23, 24 Therefore, childhood behavioral and emotional symptoms very likely represent a crucial mediator linking adverse childhood experiences and the longer term health - related
problems found in the ACE substudies.
Without detailed longitudinal studies and the measurement of many additional variables, it may be very difficult to tease out whether, for example, it is household
substance abuse that affects
later outcomes or some unmeasured underlying parental emotional
problem or lack of self - control.
More specifically, plenty of studies demonstrated that negative family functioning and unhealthy parenting are often linked to worse emotional and behavioral outcomes for a child, including more opportunities for conduct
problems, peer
problems, eating disorders,
substance abuse, internalized
problems (i.e., anxiety and depression), and less positive outcomes such as diminished social competence and self - esteem
later in life (Scaramella et al., 1999; Smetana et al., 2002; Barnes et al., 2006; Dishion et al., 2008; Abu - Rayya and Yang, 2012; Letourneau et al., 2013; Ferro and Boyle, 2014; Angley et al., 2015).
Finally, serious conduct
problems in childhood predict
later problems in adolescence and adulthood, including mental health
problems (e.g.,
substance abuse), legal
problems (e.g., risk for arrest), educational
problems (e.g., school drop - out), social
problems (e.g., poor marital adjustment), occupational
problems (e.g., poor job performance), and physical health
problems (e.g., poor respiratory function; Odgers...