Editorial: Sex-Specific Developmental Trajectories of Psychopathology: The Case of Substance Misuse

Childhood psychopathology can cause an array of adverse outcomes later in life, including substance use disorders (SUDs). Perhaps because abuse is thought to be on the externalizing continuum, prospective association between childhood and SUDs more frequently studied than with internalizing disorder. Indeed, research attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder, conduct (CD) quite consistently demonstrate that these are associated increased risk life.1 However, although it often only increase there evidence, albeit fragmented, for a similar use.1 Because comorbid, vital investigate their joint effect developmental trajectory toward SUDs. So far, this has mainly been from perspective, but Virtanen et al.2 as start point, while considering possibility biological sex-specific patterns.