A Prospective Investigation of Major Depressive Disorder and Comorbidity in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up

Spatz Widom, Cathy; DuMont, Kimberly; J. Czaja, Sally

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.64.1.49

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A Prospective Investigation of Major Depressive Disorder and Comorbidity in Abused and Neglected Children Grown Up

Published in Archives of General Psychiatry • Jan 1, 2007

Authors:

Cathy Spatz Widom

Kimberly DuMont

Sally J. Czaja

Abstract

CONTEXT: Few prospective longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between abuse or neglect in childhood and depression in adulthood. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether abused and neglected children were at elevated risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) and psychiatric comorbidity, compared...

Subject

Major depressive disorder

Sexual abuse

Comorbidity

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