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Science Depression in moms bad news for their children | Depression in moms bad news for their children |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Sunday, 19 October 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 All of the Asian children had been adopted by Caucasian parents from Minnesota and all of the non-adopted children came from parents living in Minnesota. Featured Whitepaper
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Science DiscussionsThe Tully-led research interviewed parents and teenagers with respect to past and current symptoms of depression and other related psychological conditions. Specifically, according to the abstract of their paper, "Clinical interviews with parents and adolescents were used to determine lifetime DSM-IV-TR diagnoses of major depressive disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and substance use disorders in adolescents and major depression in mothers and fathers." And, "Effects of parental depression (either parent with major depression, maternal major depression, and paternal major depression) on adolescent psychopathology were tested in nonadopted and adopted adolescents separately, and interactive effects of parental depression and adoption status were tested." Their conclusion stated that a depressed mother substantially increased the likelihood of passing on depression in these children—whether they have been adopted or not. Their conclusions follow on page three. |
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