Research Letter

Youth-Caregiver Discordance in Psychiatric Diagnosis and Clinical Problems in the ABCD Study

JAMA Psychiatry 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.3768

November 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cohort study using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study examines youth-caregiver diagnostic discordance for a range of diagnoses longitudinally across developmental stages.

Corresponding Author: Laika D. Aguinaldo, PhD, MSW, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 (laaguinaldo@health.ucsd.edu).

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