Offspring of parents with recurrent depression: which features of parent depression index risk for offspring psychopathology?

Becky Mars, Stephan Collishaw, Daniel Smith, Ajay Thapar, Robert Potter, Ruth Sellers, Gordon T Harold, Nicholas Craddock, Frances Rice, Anita Thapar

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Abstract

Parental depression is associated with an increased risk of psychiatric disorder in offspring, although outcomes vary. At present relatively little is known about how differences in episode timing, severity, and course of recurrent depression relate to risk in children. The aim of this study was to consider the offspring of parents with recurrent depression and examine whether a recent episode of parental depression indexes risk for offspring psychopathology over and above these other parental depression features.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-53
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Affective Disorders
Volume136
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Depression
  • Humans
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Child
  • Child of Impaired Parents
  • Recurrence
  • Child, Preschool
  • Adult
  • Family
  • Middle Aged
  • Adolescent
  • Parents
  • Female
  • Male

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