Ramin Mojtabai|Elizabeth A. Stuart|Irving Hwang|William W. Eaton|Nancy A. Sampson|Ronald C. Kessler
Long-term effects of mental disorders on educational attainment in the National Comorbidity Survey ten-year follow-up
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Harvard University|Johns Hopkins University|Harvard University|Harvard University
study sought examine association mental disorders educational attainment community sampledata 5001 respondents aged 1554 19901992 national comorbidity survey ncs reinterviewed 20012003 ncs followup ncs2 discretetime survival analysis used examine association disorders present baseline ncs first onset baseline assessed ncs2 educational outcomes among 3954 eligible respondents mental disorders categorized internalizing fear disorders simple phobia social phobia panic disorder withwithout agoraphobia agoraphobia without panic disorder internalizing anxietymisery disorders major depressive disorder generalized anxiety disorder posttraumatic stress disorder externalizing disorders alcohol drug use disorders conduct disorder bipolar disorder analyses conducted separately students nonstudents baselineamong students baseline bipolar externalizing disorders well fear anxietymisery externalizing disorders onset baseline associated lower odds high school graduation baseline anxietymisery disorders lower odds going college baseline externalizing disorders bipolar disorder onset baseline lower odds college graduation among nonstudents baseline fear disorders associated lower odds high school graduation bipolar disorder lower odds going college assuming regression coefficients represent causal effects mental disorders accounted 58110 high school 32114 college noncompletionexpanding access mental health services youth might net positive societal value helping prevent adverse educational outcomes