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ABSTRACT: Background
Episodes of depression and anxiety (D&A) during the transition from late adolescence to adulthood, particularly when persistent, are predictive of long-term disorders and associated public health burden. Understanding risk factors at this time is important to guide intervention. The current objective was to investigate the associations between maternal symptoms of D&A with offspring symptoms during their transition to adulthood.Method
Data from a large population-based birth cohort study, in South Brazil, were used. Prospective associations between maternal D&A and offspring risk of these symptoms during the transition to adulthood (18/19, 24 and 30 years) were estimated.Results
Maternal D&A in adolescence was associated with offspring symptoms across the transition to adulthood, associations were consistently stronger for females than for males. Daughters whose mothers reported D&A were 4.6 times (95% confidence interval 2.71-7.84) as likely to report D&A at all three time-points, than daughters of symptom-free mothers.Conclusions
Maternal D&A is associated with persistent D&A during the daughter's transition to adulthood. Intervention strategies should consider the mother's mental health.
SUBMITTER: Goncalves H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4697191 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gonçalves H H Pearson R M RM Horta B L BL González-Chica D A DA Castilho E E Damiani M M Lima R C RC Gigante D P DP Barros F C FC Stein A A Victora C G CG
Psychological medicine 20151012 2
<h4>Background</h4>Episodes of depression and anxiety (D&A) during the transition from late adolescence to adulthood, particularly when persistent, are predictive of long-term disorders and associated public health burden. Understanding risk factors at this time is important to guide intervention. The current objective was to investigate the associations between maternal symptoms of D&A with offspring symptoms during their transition to adulthood.<h4>Method</h4>Data from a large population-based ...[more]