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Adult Affective Disorder and Early Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Bryan Rodgers
Bryan Rodgers*
Affiliation:
MRC National Survey of Health and Development, University College London and The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, Department of Community Medicine, 66-72 Gower Street, London WC1E 6EA
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Abstract

Childhood precursors of symptoms of depression and anxiety were investigated in a national population sample of over 3000 men and women, aged 36 years. Early-life data had been collected prospectively for all subjects. A number of factors, differing for men and women, were found to be significant predictors of adult disorder. Some factors showed strong effects but tended to apply to relatively few individuals, while other more common circumstances had modest influences. Overall, early environment did not seem to hold great significance for adult affective disorder, although multiple disadvantages had a cumulative deleterious effect. There was little evidence of early benefits being protective.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 539 - 550
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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