Association between parental hospital-treated somatic illnesses in childhood and later mental disorders among offspring up to early adulthood: An explorative study in the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort

Merikukka, Marko; Räsänen, Sami; Hakko, Helinä; Ristikari, Tiina; Gissler, Mika; Niemelä, Mika

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“…Analogously, socially inactive leisure time (low SLA) was related to increased occurrence of psychiatric disorders. These findings remained significant even after controlling for commonly known familyrelated risk factors for psychiatric morbidity of young individuals, such as parents' mental health disorders (Merikukka et al, 2018), parental educational level (Paananen et al, 2013), and living with a single parent (Amato, 2000). Thus, the findings of the current study can be interpreted to underline the importance of community in leisure activities as a protective factor against mental disorders.…”

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Associations between Adolescents’ Social Leisure Activities and the Onset of Mental Disorders in Young Adulthood

Johanna

Niemelä

Hakko

et al. 2021

J Youth Adolescence

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The association of leisure time activities with specific mental disorders has mainly remained unclear because of lack of such research. This study analyzed the association of different levels of social leisure time activity during adolescence (ages 15–16 years) with the incidence of mental disorders during adolescence and young adulthood between the ages of 16–33 years. The study population consisted of 6838 (females 51.5%) participants from the longitudinal follow-up study, the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986, covering 72% of the total 1986 birth cohort. Psychiatric morbidity of the participants was followed through nationwide health registers until the end of the year 2018 when the participants were 33 years old. High social leisure time activity in adolescence associated with lower incidence of psychiatric disorders in general, and specifically, with affective, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Low social leisure time activity was related to increased incidence of any psychiatric disorder in general, and particularly to anxiety and behavioral disorders. In terms of prevention of mental disorders, these study findings encourage families, schools and other communities to continue to enhance and develop community-based social leisure time activities for children and adolescents.

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Associations between Adolescents’ Social Leisure Activities and the Onset of Mental Disorders in Young Adulthood

Johanna

Niemelä

Hakko

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J Youth Adolescence

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“…These childhood adversities had a strong relationship with mental health problems such as stress overload and decreased wellbeing, mental disorders such as anxiety, major depressive disorder, ADHD, personality disorders, mania, delusions, and hallucinations. [20][21][22][23][24] Based on these results, programs and interventions for children and adolescents, are needed especially to develop resilience and coping to deal with trauma in the family.…”

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Childhood adversities and mental health problems: A systematic review

Juwariah

Suhariadi

Soedirham

et al. 2022

Journal of Public Health Research

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The number of mental health problems in children and adolescents has been increasing. One of the causes of mental health problems is trauma in the family, such as childhood adversities. The aim of this study was to review the relationship between childhood adversities and mental health problems. The method in this study was a systematic review using three databases: CINAHL, PubMed, and SCOPUS. The results of the review were reported according to the PRISMA guidelines. The keywords used in this study were mental health or mental illness or mental disorder or psychiatric illness AND adolescents or teenagers or teenagers or youth AND parental divorce or parental separation OR parental death or parental loss or parentally bereaved. The inclusion criteria for the articles were English language and published from 2017 to 2021. This study recorded 477 articles, screened according to the topic, and then the final articles were 35. The results of the systematic review showed evidence that childhood adversities were related to mental health problems according to the ICD-10 diagnosis, ADHD and personality disorders, depression, post-traumatic, smoking behavior, and alcohol abuse, and distress. Interventions for children with childhood adversities were needed to prevent mental health disorders.

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“…Social inequality, the accumulation of problems in the families and the transition from one generation to another can exacerbate the differences between children (United Nations [UN], 1989). Exposure to unfavourable childhood living conditions has also been found to be associated with psychiatric symptoms and morbidity even decades after exposure (Merikukka et al, 2020). Currently, the prevalence of mental disorders in children between 1 and 7 years is around 20% (Vasileva et al, 2021) and for older children and adolescents aged 4–18 years around 13% worldwide (Polanczyk et al, 2015), but there is a concern that the current coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic will have a profound effect on the MH of children, especially for those who are already disadvantaged (Chanchlani et al, 2020).…”

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Public health nurses’ perceptions on promotive and risk factors for children’s mental health: A qualitative interview study

Savolainen

Sormunen

Turunen

2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim To describe promotive and risk factors for children's mental health at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy levels of the socioecological environment. Design A descriptive qualitative interview study. Methods Data were collected in Finland during autumn 2019 via semi‐structured interviews. Participants (n = 23) comprised public health nurses who worked in child health clinics and school healthcare. Data were analyzed using inductive content analysis. Results Several promotive and risk factors were identified to have affected children's mental health. Intra‐family factors were the most important in the opinion of public health nurses, and they were most concerned about family related risk factors. In addition, the descriptions of nurses revealed that children are in a socially unequal position in terms of their place of residence. It was also uncovered that there were fewer social and healthcare and leisure services in small municipalities, the distances to services were longer, which was perceived to complicate the use of services, and the fear of stigma was greater. Conclusion According to public health nurses, factors at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy levels of the socioecological environment affect children's mental health and overall well‐being. Consequently, the promotion of children's mental health should be emphasized at every level of the society, considering the whole family. Impact This study indicated the importance of considering factors that affect children's mental health at all levels of the socioecological environment. The results can be reflected in the relation of the socioecological model of health promotion and used in planning the work of nurses in primary healthcare and other relevant nursing settings to emphasize promotive and preventive work.

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Association between parental hospital-treated somatic illnesses in childhood and later mental disorders among offspring up to early adulthood: An explorative study in the 1987 Finnish Birth Cohort

Abstract: Parental somatic illnesses should be considered as a significant adverse childhood life event, calling for preventive actions and child-centred support in adult healthcare.

Cited by 8 publications

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Associations between Adolescents’ Social Leisure Activities and the Onset of Mental Disorders in Young Adulthood

Associations between Adolescents’ Social Leisure Activities and the Onset of Mental Disorders in Young Adulthood

Childhood adversities and mental health problems: A systematic review

Public health nurses’ perceptions on promotive and risk factors for children’s mental health: A qualitative interview study

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