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Childhood and adulthood socio-economic position and midlife depressive and anxiety disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen A. Stansfeld ,
Charlotte Clark ,
Bryan Rodgers ,
Tanya Caldwell  and
Chris Power
Stephen A. Stansfeld*
Affiliation:
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
Charlotte Clark
Affiliation:
Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
Bryan Rodgers
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Tanya Caldwell
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Chris Power
Affiliation:
Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
*
Stephen Stansfeld, Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Old Anatomy Building, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK. Email: [email protected]
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This paper investigates how childhood socio-economic position influences the risk for midlife depressive and anxiety disorders at 45 years of age, assessed by the Clinical Interview Schedule in 9377 participants of the 1958 British Birth Cohort. Socio-economic position was measured by Registrar General Social Class in childhood and adulthood. The association of paternal manual socio-economic position with any diagnosis at 45 years of age was accounted for after adjustment for adult socio-economic position. Manual socio-economic position in women at 42 years of age was associated with midlife depressive disorder and any diagnosis; these associations were diminished by adjustment for childhood psychological disorders. Effects of childhood socio-economic position on adult depressive disorders may be mediated through adult socio-economic position.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 192 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , pp. 152 - 153
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2008 

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