Children with a low IQ (intelligence quotient) have an increased risk of developing mental health problems such as schizophrenia, depression and generalized anxiety disorder. These are the findings of a study spanning 30 years, and published in the Journal of Psychiatry. Findings were based on a sample of 1,037 children born in 1972-73 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The association between low IQ and psychiatric disorders is long suspected. IQ is regarded as a kind of cognitive reserve which...
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