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AAP Grand Rounds 2:57-58 (1999)
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics

ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Onset of Depression/Anxiety

Source: Rueter MA, Scaramella R, Wallace LE, Conger RD. First onset of depressive or anxiety disorders predicted by the longitudinal course of internalizing symptoms and parent-adolescent disagreements. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999;56:726–732.

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This prospective longitudinal study examined whether stressful events such as parent-adolescent disagreements influence the longitudinal course of adolescents internalizing symptoms (eg, depression, anxiety, phobias, dysthymia), and whether these, in turn, predict first onset of a depressive or anxiety disorder. White, lower-middle class families in Iowa with both biologic parents and one sibling within 4 years of the index child (age 12–13 years at the start of the study) were followed over a 7-year period. Three hundred three families repeatedly completed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Sheryl Ryan, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY