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The British Journal of Psychiatry 174: 112-120 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Early life family disadvantages and major depression in adulthood

H Sadowski, B Ugarte, I Kolvin, C Kaplan and J Barnes
Tavistock Clinic, London.

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that exposure to social and family disadvantages in childhood are a risk factor for adult depression. AIMS: To explore the effects of multiple adversity in early childhood on adult depression, and the relative effects of the different adversities. METHOD: This study utilises data from the Newcastle Thousand Family Study. Information on childhood disadvantages was collected when the participants were 5 years old, and information on mental health was gathered when they were 33 years old. Mental health data were scrutinised blind to the evidence of early disadvantage, and best-estimate diagnoses of major depressive disorder were made according to DSM-III-R criteria. RESULTS: Multiple family disadvantages in childhood substantially increase the risk of suffering a major depressive disorder in adulthood. Such disadvantages include family or marital relationship instability, a combination of poor mothering and poor physical care, and a combination of dependence on social welfare and overcrowding. For females major depression was linked in particular to the quality of parenting in early life. CONCLUSIONS: Social and family (especially multiple family) disadvantages during childhood predispose individuals to an increased risk of major depression in adulthood.


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