Rachel Cooney, Daniel Tang, Kevin Barrett, Richard K Russell
BACKGROUND: The burden of mental health conditions in children and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease remains unclear. We assessed this using a primary care database in the United Kingdom. METHODS: A retrospective, observational study compared children and young adults with incident inflammatory bowel disease 5 to 25 years of age (2010-2020) against population control subjects. Outcomes comprised incident depression, anxiety disorder, eating disorders, body image disorders, attention-deficit disorders, behavioral disorders, adjustment disorders, acute stress disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, self-harm, parasuicide (including suicide), and sleep disturbance...
August 21, 2023: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases