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Key Points Question How can the profiles and trajectories of psychopathology from early life (age 3 years) to late adolescence (age 17 years) be mapped with person-centered methods to accommodate problems of comorbidity and movement between different phases of development? Findings This cohort study of 2 nationally representative cohorts of Irish children developed 4 distinct developmental profiles for person-centered psychopathological trajectories. Over 44% of children transitioned into 1 of the 3 psychopathological profiles during development, with less than 5% of the sample experiencing persistent psychopathology. Meaning These results suggest that psychopathology is common in childhood but mostly limited in duration and that optimizing care in the context of finite resources may require the early identification of those with persistent phenomena.