Screening for Persistent Psychopathology in 4-Year-Old Children

OBJECTIVE: To inform primary care screening and preventive intervention efforts, the authors examined the screening efficiency of the parent version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQP4-16) for persistent disorders relative to transient disorders and its capacity to distinguish between the two. METHODS: Persistence and transience in preschool-onset psychiatric disorders were identified by using data from a large...