Childhood adversity and chronicity of mood disorders

Childhood adversity and vulnerability to mood and anxiety disorders.

Based upon epidemiological surveys, adverse childhood events are proposed to be risk factors for adult depressive and anxiety disorders. However, the extent to which these events are seen in clinical patient populations is less clear. We examined the prevalence of a number of proposed risk factors for depression in 650 patients with mood and anxiety disorders at the time of presentation for tre...

Amygdala, Childhood Adversity and Psychiatric Disorders

Mood disorders in childhood and adolescence.

The identification and treatment of mood disorders in children and adolescents has grown over the last decades. Major depression is one of the most common and debilitating disorders worldwide, imposing a massive burden to the youth population. Bipolar disorder is being increasingly recognized as having its roots early in life, and its presentation during childhood and adolescence has been submi...

Childhood mood disorders: myth or reality.

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Childhood adversity and depression.

aDepartment of Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Corresponding author: Jenneke E. Wiersma, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, GGZ inGeest, A. J. Ernststraat 1187, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1081 HL, the Netherlands ([email protected]). J Clin Psychiatry 2015;76(7):e906–e907 dx.doi.org/10.4088/JCP.14com09454 © Copyright 2015 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. experienced emoti...