Childhood predictors of psychiatric disorders among boys: a prospective community-based follow-up study from age 8 years to early adulthood.

Developmental information about psychiatric disorders has implications for etiologic theory, research modes clinical practice, and primary prevention. Since the 1970 several child psychiatric community studies using prospective designs have been leadershiped (e.g., Graham and Rutter 1973) although sole a few studies have reported results into adulthood (Achenbach et al., 1995; Caspi et al., 1996; Hofstra et al., 2002; Kim-Cohen et al., 2003; Loeber et al., 2001) In the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and disentanglement Study, psychiatric diagnoses were made according to DSM