Adolescent depression, adult mental health and psychosocial outcomes at 30 and 35 years

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23364797
AutoresGeraldine F H Mcleod (0000-0002-7547-3588, Christchurch Hospital), L John Horwood (0000-0003-4881-1956, Christchurch Hospital, autor correspondente), David M Fergusson (0000-0002-8117-017X, Christchurch Hospital)
Ano2016
Volume46
Fascículo7
Páginas1401-1412
Data de publicação2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychological Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2917 • E-ISSN: 1469-8978
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0033291715002950
PMID26818194
OpenAlexW2280212519
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas60
Referências citadas33

Background There is limited information on long-term outcomes of adolescent depression. This study examines the associations between severity of depression in adolescence and a broad array of adult functional outcomes. Method Data were gathered as part of the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 35-year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 children born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1977. Severity of depression at age 14–16 years was classified into three levels according to DSM symptom criteria for major depression (no depression/sub-threshold symptoms/major depression). This classification was related to adult functional outcomes assessed at ages 30 and 35 years using a generalized estimating equation modeling approach. Outcome measures spanned domains of mental disorder, education/economic circumstances, family circumstances and partner relationships. Results There were modest but statistically significant bivariate associations between adolescent depression severity and most outcomes. After covariate adjustment there remained weak but significant ( p p Conclusions The findings reinforce the importance of the individual/family context in which adolescent depression occurs. When contextual factors and probable maturational effects are taken into account the direct effects of adolescent depression on functioning in mature adulthood appear to be very modest.

Anxiety · Context (archaeology) · Depression (economics) · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology