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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-19
pubmed:abstractText
Our objective was to analyze differences in clinical characteristics and comorbidity between different types of adolescent depressive disorders. A sample of 218 consecutive adolescent (ages 13-19 years) psychiatric outpatients with depressive disorders was interviewed for DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II diagnoses. We obtained data by interviewing the adolescents themselves and collecting additional background information from the clinical records. Lifetime age of onset for depression, current episode duration, frequency of suicidal behavior, psychosocial impairment, and the number of current comorbid psychiatric disorders varied between adolescent depressive disorder categories. The type of co-occurring disorder was mainly consistent across depressive disorders. Minor depression and dysthymia (DY) presented as milder depressions, whereas bipolar depression (BPD) and double depression [DD; i.e., DY with superimposed major depressive disorder (MDD)] appeared as especially severe conditions. Only earlier lifetime onset distinguished recurrent MDD from first-episode MDD, and newly emergent MDD appeared to be as impairing as recurrent MDD. Adolescent depressive disorder categories differ in many clinically relevant aspects, with most differences reflecting a continuum of depression severity. Identification of bipolarity and the subgroup with DD seems especially warranted. First episode MDD should be considered as severe a disorder as recurring MDD.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1091-4269
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Ambulatory Care, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Bipolar Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Cross-Sectional Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Depressive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Depressive Disorder, Major, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Dysthymic Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Finland, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Interview, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Personality Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Social Adjustment, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Somatoform Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17051545-Suicide, Attempted
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Differences in the clinical characteristics of adolescent depressive disorders.
pubmed:affiliation
The National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, Helsinki, Finland. linnea.karlsson@utu.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study