Clinical Presentation and Course of Depression in Youth: Does Onset in Childhood Differ from Onset in Adolescence?
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| Title: | Clinical Presentation and Course of Depression in Youth: Does Onset in Childhood Differ from Onset in Adolescence? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Birmaher, Boris, Williamson, Douglas E., Dahl, Ronald E., Axelson, David A., Kaufman, Joan, Dorn, Lorah D., Ryan, Neal D. |
| Source: | Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Jan 2004 43(1):63-70. |
| Availability: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, P.O. Box 1620, Hagerstown, MD 21741. Tel: 800-638-3030 (Toll Free); Fax: 301-223-2400. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Psychiatry, Psychopathology, Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology) |
| ISSN: | 0890-8567 |
| Abstract: | Objective: To simultaneously and prospectively compare the clinical presentation, course, and parental psychiatric history between children and adolescents with major depressive disorder. Method: A group of prepubertal children (n = 46) and postpubertal adolescents (n = 22) were assessed with structured interviews for psychopathology and parental psychiatric history and followed once every 2 years for approximately 5 years. Results: With the exception of more depressive melancholic symptoms in the adolescents, both groups had similar depressive symptomatology, duration (average 17 months), severity of the index episode, rates of recovery (85%) and recurrence (40%), comorbid disorders, and parental psychiatric history. Female sex, increased guilt, prior episodes of depression, and parental psychopathology were associated with worse longitudinal course. Conclusions: In general, major depressive disorder is manifested similarly in children and adolescents, and both groups have a protracted clinical course and high family loading for psychiatric disorders. |
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| Entry Date: | 2005 |
| Accession Number: | EJ695916 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Objective: To simultaneously and prospectively compare the clinical presentation, course, and parental psychiatric history between children and adolescents with major depressive disorder. Method: A group of prepubertal children (n = 46) and postpubertal adolescents (n = 22) were assessed with structured interviews for psychopathology and parental psychiatric history and followed once every 2 years for approximately 5 years. Results: With the exception of more depressive melancholic symptoms in the adolescents, both groups had similar depressive symptomatology, duration (average 17 months), severity of the index episode, rates of recovery (85%) and recurrence (40%), comorbid disorders, and parental psychiatric history. Female sex, increased guilt, prior episodes of depression, and parental psychopathology were associated with worse longitudinal course. Conclusions: In general, major depressive disorder is manifested similarly in children and adolescents, and both groups have a protracted clinical course and high family loading for psychiatric disorders. |
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| ISSN: | 0890-8567 |
