Mental health resilience in the adolescent offspring of parents with depression: a prospective longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people whose parents have depression have a greatly increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, but poor outcomes are not inevitable. Identification of the contributors to mental health resilience in young people at high familial risk is an internationally recognised priority. Our objectives were to identify protective factors that predict sustained good mental health in adolescents with a parent with depression and to test whether these contribute beyond what is explained by parent illness severity.

Methods

The Early Prediction of Adolescent Depression study (EPAD) is a prospective longitudinal study of offspring of parents with recurrent depression. Parents with recurrent major depressive disorder, co-parents, and offspring (aged 9-17 years at bas

SUBMITTER: Collishaw S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4703896 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature