A new study has found that young children with severe or persistent asthma are at higher risk of developing many common mental health problems.
The research, a collaboration between researchers at The University of Western Australia affiliated Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Columbia University in New York, has been published online in the top international journal Psychological Medicine.
UWA psychologist and report co-author Dr Monique Robinson said the findings build on previous studies which have found that as the severity of asthma increases, so do problems such as anxiety and depression.
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