Mental health in young adults born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight with contemporary neonatal intensive care

Our recent study highlights the mental health outcomes of young adults born extremely preterm in the years between 1991-1992. The objective was to compare attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, mood, and substance use disorder prevalence in young adults born extremely preterm to those born with normal birthweight. From the study, we found that those who were born extremely preterm had similar mental health outcomes to those born full term.

To find out more about our study, please access our article here. 

Additionally, our lead investigator of this project, Alice Burnett, was featured on the 7pm ABC News on 15 September 2022 to share some insights about these interesting findings. The blog post was also published on ABC News. 

Congrats Alice, we are incredibly proud to have you represent the CRE!