Prevalence of Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms and Associated Social Factors in Mothers in Dunedin

British Journal of Psychiatry - Tập 143 Số 5 - Trang 473-479 - 1983
Rob McGee1, Sheila Williams2, Javad H. Kashani3, Phil A. Silva2
1Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Medical School, P. O. Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand
2Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit
3Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, Columbia, 803 Stadium Rd., Columbia, Missouri, USA

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SummaryA large sample of women (n = 899) from Dunedin, New Zealand, completed a self-report questionnaire on depressive symptoms. On this basis, about 8 per cent of the sample were identified as having major depressive disorder. These women tended to have a history of previously reported psychological symptoms and formal treatment for depression. A significantly high proportion of the depressed group had been young at first pregnancy and had since been separated from their partners. The depressed women also reported more behaviour problems in their children, but these reports were not confirmed by teachers' reports or by the children's self-reports, suggesting a response bias in depressed women towards reporting problems.

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British Journal of Psychiatry

Tập 143 Số 5

473-479

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