Recovery and Recurrence From Major Depression in Adolescence and Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aimed to estimate 5-year recurrence rates of first-episode major depressive disorder (MDD) and assess the impact of adolescence on recurrence likelihood after the first episode, compared to adults.

Methods

A pre-registered retrospective cohort study that utilized epidemiological data from the Stockholm MDD Cohort (1997-2018), including all individuals registered with a depression diagnosis in Region Stockholm from 2010 to 2018. This dataset combines longitudinal information from primary and secondary care, socioeconomic data, drug dispensations, psychotherapy sessions, brain stimulation treatments, and inpatient treatment. The study included 9124 individuals (1727 adolescents aged 13-17 and 7397 adults aged 18-40) who experienced their first MDD episode b

SUBMITTER: Desai Bostrom AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11962338 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature