Are secular trends in major depression an artifact of recall?
J Psychiatr Res
; 25(3): 141-51, 1991.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1941710
ABSTRACT
There is evidence that rates of major depression have increased over this century, with successive birth cohorts showing increased lifetime risks and earlier ages of onset. Two memory effects have been considered possible artifactual causes of these trends age-related forgetting and postdating early episodes. In this study, relatives were reinterviewed six years after study entry using interviewers blind to initial reports. We examined the stability of lifetime diagnoses of MDD and ages of first onset. Older relatives were no more likely than younger ones to lose diagnoses nor to postdate their ages of first MDD onset. This is evidence that memory artifacts are not solely responsible for the observed secular trends.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rememoração Mental
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Transtorno Depressivo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article