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Article: LOWER CHILDHOOD IQ LINKED TO INCREASED RISK OF ADULT MENTAL DISORDERS

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December 1, 2008
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Washington, Dec. 01 -- (ANI): In a new, long-term study, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that children with lower IQs showed an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders as adults, including schizophrenia, depression and generalized anxiety disorder.

Lower IQ was also linked to psychiatric disorders that were more persistent and an increased risk of having two or more diagnoses at age 32.

The study participants were members of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, a cohort of children born in 1972-1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

At the initial assessment at age 3, ...

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