Stratification of adolescents across mental phenomena emphasizes the importance of transdiagnostic distress: a replication in two general population cohorts.

Characterizing patterns of mental phenomena in epidemiological studies of adolescents can provide insight into the latent organization of psychiatric disorders. This avoids the biases of chronicity and selection inherent in clinical samples, guides models of shared aetiology within psychiatric disor...

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Published in:European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 797 - 808
Main Authors: Stochl, Jan, Jones, Hannah, Soneson, Emma, Wagner, Adam P., Khandaker, Golam M., Zammit, Stanley, Heron, Jon, Hammerton, Gemma, Bullmore, Edward T., Dolan, Ray, Fonagy, Peter, Goodyer, Ian M., Perez, J., Jones, Peter B.
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Published: Springer Nature May2023
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          Stochl, Jan
          Jones, Hannah
          Soneson, Emma
          Wagner, Adam P.
          Khandaker, Golam M.
          Zammit, Stanley
          Heron, Jon
          Hammerton, Gemma
          Bullmore, Edward T.
          Dolan, Ray
          Fonagy, Peter
          Goodyer, Ian M.
          Perez, J.
          Jones, Peter B.
        affil: Department of Psychiatry, Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0SZ, Cambridge, UK
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          Mental Disorders Diagnosis
          Psychological Distress In Adolescence
          Models, Statistical
          Psychopathology
          Human
          Adolescence
          Prospective Studies
          Neurosciences
          Psychological Well-Being
          Self Concept
          Severity of Illness
          Descriptive Statistics
          Depression
          Anxiety
          Sex Factors
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
      ab: Characterizing patterns of mental phenomena in epidemiological studies of adolescents can provide insight into the latent organization of psychiatric disorders. This avoids the biases of chronicity and selection inherent in clinical samples, guides models of shared aetiology within psychiatric disorders and informs the development and implementation of interventions. We applied Gaussian mixture modelling to measures of mental phenomena from two general population cohorts: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, n = 3018) and the Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN, n = 2023). We defined classes according to their patterns of both positive (e.g. wellbeing and self-esteem) and negative (e.g. depression, anxiety, and psychotic experiences) phenomena. Subsequently, we characterized classes by considering the distribution of diagnoses and sex split across classes. Four well-separated classes were identified within each cohort. Classes primarily differed by overall severity of transdiagnostic distress rather than particular patterns of phenomena akin to diagnoses. Further, as overall severity of distress increased, so did within-class variability, the proportion of individuals with operational psychiatric diagnoses. These results suggest that classes of mental phenomena in the general population of adolescents may not be the same as those found in clinical samples. Classes differentiated only by overall severity support the existence of a general, transdiagnostic mental distress factor and have important implications for intervention.
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