A Nationwide Study in Denmark of the Association Between Treated Infections and the Subsequent Risk of Treated Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Köhler-Forsberg O, Petersen L, Gasse C, et al. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online December 05, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3428
This study involving a large Danish cohort (over a million participants) found that children who had been hospitalised for the treatment of infections during early life, and to a lesse extent, those treated with antibiotics, had a significantly increased chance of developing a mental disorder or being prescribed psychotropic medication in the future.