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Associations between exposure to early childhood adversities and middle childhood psychotic experiences in children at familial high risk of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and population-based controls: The Danish high risk and resilience study – VIA 7 and VIA 11

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2023

Julie Marie Brandt Open the ORCID record for Julie Marie Brandt [Opens in a new window] ,
Maja Gregersen ,
Anne Søndergaard ,
Mette Falkenberg Krantz ,
Christina Bruun Knudsen ,
Anna Krogh Andreassen ,
Lotte Veddum ,
Jessica Ohland ,
Carsten Hjorthøj  and
Martin Wilms
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Julie Marie Brandt*
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Maja Gregersen
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
Anne Søndergaard
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mette Falkenberg Krantz
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Christina Bruun Knudsen
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Anna Krogh Andreassen
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Lotte Veddum
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Jessica Ohland
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
Carsten Hjorthøj
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Martin Wilms
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
Sinnika Birkehøj Rohd
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark
Aja Greve
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Birgitte Klee Burton
Affiliation:
Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Zealand University Hospital, Region Zealand, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vibeke Bliksted
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Ole Mors
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Psychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital Psychiatry, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark
Merete Nordentoft
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup
Affiliation:
The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicoline Hemager
Affiliation:
CORE – Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark, Mental Health Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research – iPSYCH, Aarhus, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Author for correspondence: Julie Marie Brandt, E-mail: julie.marie.brandt@regionh.dk
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Abstract

Background

Exposure to adversities in early childhood is associated with psychotic experiences and disorders in adulthood. We aimed to examine whether early childhood adversities are associated with middle childhood psychotic experiences in a cohort of children at familial high risk of schizophrenia (FHR-SZ), bipolar disorder (FHR-BP) and population-based controls (controls).

Methods

Four hundred and forty-six children from The Danish High Risk and Resilience Study – VIA7 and VIA11 participated in this study (FHR-SZ = 170; FHR-BP = 103; controls = 173). Exposure to early childhood adversities and psychotic experiences were assessed using face-to-face interviews. Having childhood adversities assessed at baseline (age 7) was used as predictor. Psychotic experiences assessed at follow-up (age 11) were used as outcome.

Results

Across the sample, exposure to early childhood interpersonal adversities was associated with an increased risk for any middle childhood psychotic experiences and subclinical delusions when adjusting for relevant confounders (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.0–3.1, p = 0.05; OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.6–5.6, p < 0.001). There was no significant dose–response effect of exposure to multiple types of childhood adversities on any psychotic experiences. There were no interaction effects between early childhood adversities and FHR on middle childhood psychotic experiences. Exploratory analyses revealed that experiencing domestic violence in early childhood was associated with any middle childhood psychotic experiences (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.5–5.1, p = 0.001).

Conclusions

Exposure to interpersonal adversities during early childhood is associated with an increased risk for middle childhood psychotic experiences including specifically subclinical delusions. Future studies should examine associations between exposure to childhood adversities and conversion to psychosis within this cohort.

Keywords

Bipolar disorderchildhood adversitiesfamilial high riskpsychotic experiencesschizophrenia
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 53 , Issue 14 , October 2023 , pp. 6635 - 6645
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