The Outcome of Severe Internalizing and Disruptive Disorders from Preschool into Adolescence:A Follow-up Study.

Purpose: In this study we aimed to examine the outcome of children's severe psychiatric disorders from preschool into later childhood and adolescence.

Method: Forty preschool children (28 boys and 12 girls) treated in a tertiary referral mental health center, evaluated at admission and 5.5 ± 1.

Follow-up of preschool children with severe emotional and behavioral symptoms.

Background: Biological and environmental factors have been related to the persistence of psychopathology in preschool children. The objective of the study was to identify the factors predicting the clinical outcome in preschool inpatients with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Method: Twenty-eight children aged 3 to 6.