Affective bias and current, past and future adolescent depression: a familial high risk study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Affective bias is a common feature of depressive disorder. However, a lack of longitudinal studies means that the temporal relationship between affective bias and depression is not well understood. One group where studies of affective bias may be particularly warranted is the adolescent offspring of depressed parents, given observations of high rates of depression and a severe and impairing course of disorder in this group.

Methods

A two wave panel design was used in which adolescent offspring of parents with recurrent depression completed a behavioural task assessing affective bias (The Affective Go/No Go Task) and a psychiatric interview. The affective processing of adolescents with current, prior and future depressive disorder was compared to that of adolescent

SUBMITTER: Kilford EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4351191 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature