Prediction of major depressive disorder onset in college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major depressive disorder (MDD) in college students is associated with substantial burden.

Aims

To assess 1-year incidence of MDD among incoming freshmen and predictors of MDD-incidence in a representative sample of students.

Method

Prospective cohort study of first-year college students (baseline: n = 2,519, 1-year follow-up: n = 958) RESULTS: The incidence of MDD within the first year of college was 6.9% (SE = 0.8). The most important individual-level predictors of onset were prior suicide plans and/or attempts (OR = 9.5). The strongest population-level baseline predictors were history of childhood-adolescent trauma, stressful experience in the past 12 months, parental psychopathology, and other 12-month mental disorder. Multivariate cross-validated predi

SUBMITTER: Ebert DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519292 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature