Psychotropic drug use in adolescents born with an orofacial cleft: a population-based study.
Nilsson, Sofia; Merlo, Juan; Lyberg Åhlander, Viveka; Psouni, Elia (2015). Psychotropic drug use in adolescents born with an orofacial cleft: a population-based study.. BMJ Open, 5, (4)
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Authors:
Nilsson, Sofia
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Merlo, Juan
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Lyberg Åhlander, Viveka
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Psouni, Elia
Department:
Social Epidemiology
Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology
Department of Psychology
EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Project:
Vulnerability from Handicap: Adolescent Mental Health using Epidemiological Data
Social Pharmacoepidemiology
Research Group:
Social Epidemiology
Abstract:
Being born with an orofacial cleft (OFC) can, due to an incomplete closure of the lip and/or palate, convey a deviant speech and/or deviant facial aesthetics, which may in turn increase the risk for poor psychological health later in life. Previous investigations have been based on small samples and self-reports, not distinguishing between the three different types of OFC: cleft lip (CL), CL and palate (CLP) and cleft palate only (CPO). We present a large population-based study, considering psychotropic drug use as a proxy for poor psychological health and distinguishing between three different types of OFC.
Keywords:
Psychology ;
Health Sciences
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