University of Sussex
Browse

Antecedents of new-onset major depressive disorder in adolescence: a longitudinal familial high-risk study

Download (348.95 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 03:19 authored by Frances Rice, Ruth Sellers, Gemma Hammerton, Olga Eyre, Rhys Bevan-Jones, Ajay K Thapar, Stephan Collishaw, Gordon Harold, Anita Thapar
Importance: Early-onset major depressive disorder (MDD) is common in individuals at high familial risk of depression and is associated with poor long-term mental health, social, and educational outcomes. Objectives: To examine the developmental pathways that lead to first-episode adolescent-onset MDD (incident cases) in those at high familial risk and to postulate a theoretically informed model that enables simultaneous testing of different pathways to incident adolescent-onset MDD composed of contributions from familial/genetic and social risk factors, as well as effects via specific clinical antecedents. Design, Setting, and Participants: This investigation was a 4-year longitudinal study (April 2007 to March 2011) among offspring of depressed parents in the general community. Analyses were conducted between September 1, 2015, and May 27, 2016. Participants were 337 families in whom the index parent (315 mothers and 22 fathers) had experienced at least 2 episodes of MDD (recruited through primary care) and among whom there was a biologically related child in the age range of 9 to 17 years living with the index parent (197 girls and 140 boys with a mean [SD] age of 12.4 [2.0] years) at baseline. Offspring with MDD before the study or at baseline (n?=?27), offspring with an episode of MDD that had remitted by follow-up (n?=?4), and offspring with missing baseline MDD data (n?=?2) were excluded. Ninety-two percent (279 of 304) of families completed the follow-up. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was new-onset offspring MDD, and the secondary outcome was the total DSM-IV MDD symptom score. Results: On average, children and adolescents had a mean (SD) of 1.85 (1.74) (range, 0-8.5) DSM-IV symptoms of MDD at follow-up. Twenty (6 males and 14 females) had new-onset MDD, with a mean (SD) age at onset of 14.4 (2.0) years (range, 10-18 years). Irritability (ß?=?0.12, P?=?.03) and fear and/or anxiety (ß?=?0.38, P?

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Accepted version

Journal

JAMA Psychiatry

ISSN

2168-622X

Publisher

American Medical Association

Issue

2

Volume

74

Page range

153-160

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-10-05

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-02-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-10-05

Usage metrics

    University of Sussex (Publications)

    Categories

    No categories selected

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC