Abstract
Childhood Depression and Risk of Suicide: a Preliminary Report of a Longitudinal Study
Rao U~~Weissman M M~~et al
427 Adults who were assessed as children or adolescents with major depressive disorder (MMD), mixed anxiety states or no psychiatric disorder were subjects of this article’s study. Psychological autopsy findings are reported for the 7 suicides that occurred among the 159 children from the depressive disorder group (suicide rate: 4.4% over 10 years). Findings suggest that MDD in children & adolescents is associated with increased risk for suicide & this risk may be specific to MDD. (46 Refs.)