Explaining risk for suicidal ideation in adolescent offspring of mothers with depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well-established that offspring of depressed mothers are at increased risk for suicidal ideation. However, pathways involved in the transmission of risk for suicidal ideation from depressed mothers to offspring are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of potential mediators of this association, including maternal suicide attempt, offspring psychiatric disorder and the parent-child relationship.

Method

Data were utilized from a population-based birth cohort (ALSPAC). Three distinct classes of maternal depression symptoms across the first 11 years of the child's life had already been identified (minimal, moderate, chronic-severe). Offspring suicidal ideation was assessed at age 16 years. Data were analysed using structural e

SUBMITTER: Hammerton G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682478 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature