Executive Functions, Psychiatric Symptoms and ADHD in Child Psychiatric Patients-Concurrent and Longitudinal Associations from Preschool to School Age.

We investigated in a child psychiatric sample whether preschool age executive functions (EFs) associate with concurrent and school age psychiatric symptoms and ADHD diagnosis. At baseline the children (n = 172) were 4-7 years old, at follow-up (n = 65) 8-13 years. EFs were measured at baseline with Attention and Executive Function Rating Inventory-Preschool Version, psychiatric symptoms were measured at both timepoints by Child Behavior Checklist.

Sleep and psychiatric symptoms in young child psychiatric outpatients - a Follow-up study.

Background: Knowledge of the continuity of sleep problems and the associations between sleep and psychiatric symptoms in child psychiatric patients is scarce.

Objectives: To investigate the persistency of sleep problems and how sleep at preschool age predicts sleep problems and psychiatric symptoms at school age in child psychiatric patients.

Methods: Participants ( = 68) were child psychiatry outpatients at Helsinki University Hospital in 2015-2017.