Examining whether offspring psychopathology influences illness course in mothers with recurrent depression using a high-risk longitudinal sample.

ABSTRACT: Depression is known to be influenced by psychosocial stressors. For mothers with recurrent depressive illness, the presence of psychopathology in their children may have important effects on their own mental health. Although the impact of maternal depression on child mental health is well-established, no study to date, as far as we are aware, has examined the extent to which offspring psychopathology influences the course of depression in mothers with a history of recurrent depressive illness, what types of child psychopathology impact maternal mental health, or whether risks vary by child gender. Aims were to (a) Use a longitudinal design to examine whether adolescent psychopathology (depression, disruptive behavior disorder; DBD) predicts recurrence of a depressive episode and depression

SUBMITTER: Sellers R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4745386 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature