Abstract

A Case-Control Family History Study of Depression in Adolescents

Williamson D E~~Ryan N D~~et al

Year: 1995 Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v.34,no.12, (Dec.1995), p.1596-607 SIEC No: 19970176

This study examines the genetical tendancy of adolescents to develop Major Depressive Disorder(MDD) through a comparison study of MDD adolescents and their familes to adolescents of apparant normal psychological make up.After examing 76 MDDadolescents, researchers found that MDD is much more likely to develop generationally if it develops early in the parent or close relative, while MDD development in the parent/relative after the age of 60 seems to have little effect in gentic outcome.