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Adult Outcomes of Childhood and Adolescent Depression. III Links with Suicidal Behaviours
Author(s) -
Harrington Richard,
Bredenkamp Diana,
Groothues Christine,
Rutter Michael,
Fudge Hazel,
Pickles Andrew
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1994.tb01236.x
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , psychopathology , psychiatry , childhood depression , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , clinical psychology , child psychopathology , association (psychology) , developmental psychopathology , anxiety , medicine , psychotherapist , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
This study followed up into adulthood a group of child psychiatric patients suffering from depressive disorders and a closely matched nondepressed child psychiatric control group. Depression in childhood was a strong predictor of attempted suicide in adulthood. This predictive power was not due to the association between childhood depression and other childhood risk factors such as conduct disorder or suicidality. Rather, it seemed mostly to reside in the association between depression in childhood and major depression in adult life. These findings suggest that the pathways from childhood psychopathology to adult outcomes can be complex, and depend crucially on what happens later.