Childhood adversities and the comorbidity between mood and general medical disorders in adults: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Portugal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Childhood adversities have been linked to poor health outcomes in adults, including both mood and general medical disorders. Here we tested the hypothesis that childhood adversities specifically increase the risk of comorbidity between mood and general medical disorders, rather than increasing the risk of either one independently.

Methods

Mood disorders (DSM-IV major depressive, dysthymic and bipolar disorders), childhood adversities and general medical disorders were assessed in 2060 adults in the WHO World Mental Health Survey Portugal. Discrete-time survival analyses were used to investigate the association between mood disorders and subsequent first-onset general medical disorders and between general medical disorders and subsequent first-onset mood disorders,

SUBMITTER: Oliveira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474529 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature