Publications by authors named "F Solmi"
Objective: To investigate the associations between neonatal unit admission (NNU) and subsequent emotional and behavioural difficulties during childhood and adolescence.
Design: Longitudinal general population cohort study.
Setting: The Millennium Cohort Study: nationally representative UK-based cohort.
Article Synopsis
- - Increased head circumference is a common finding in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), beginning at birth and continuing into adolescence, indicating differences in brain development.
- - A study compared head sizes of children diagnosed with ASD, those with elevated autistic traits, and typical controls, finding that ASD children consistently had larger head sizes, especially if they also had cognitive learning needs.
- - In contrast, children with elevated autistic traits showed smaller head circumferences, highlighting that those with a formal ASD diagnosis have a distinct growth pattern compared to those without clinical symptoms.
Article Synopsis
- This study looks at why older LGBTQ+ people are more likely to feel depressed than straight people, especially focusing on loneliness.
- Researchers used data from a study on older adults, checking their sexual orientation, loneliness levels, and signs of depression over a few years.
- They found that loneliness is a big factor in this, explaining part of why LGBTQ+ adults tend to have more depressive symptoms.
Article Synopsis
- Adolescents are experiencing more depressive symptoms than before, with higher body mass index (BMI) being a significant risk factor linked to increased body dissatisfaction.
- The study utilized data from a long-term UK cohort, examining relationships between BMI at 7 years, body dissatisfaction at 11 years, and depressive symptoms at 14 years while considering various confounding factors.
- Findings showed that higher BMI at age 7 was strongly associated with increased depressive symptoms at age 14 and body dissatisfaction at age 11, suggesting body dissatisfaction plays a mediating role in this relationship.