Clinical status and emotional adjustment of children of depressed mothers

Article Abstract:

The authors compared the adjustment rates of four groups of children (ages 7-13): those of depressed mothers, of nondepressed psychiatric patients, of nondepressed medical patients, and of nondepressed mothers. The children's adjustment was rated by clinicians on the Child Adjustment Schedule and by the mothers on the Child Behavior Checklist. Children of depressed mothers had the highest proportion of problems. However, an overlap was noted between the problems of these children and those of the children of the nondepressed psychiatric patients. The results challenge findings that children's adjustment difficulties are specifically related to depression in a parent. (Consumer Summary produced by Reliance Medical Information, Inc.)

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Children, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Mentally disabled persons, Children of the mentally ill

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Selective attention and clinical depression: performance on a deployment-of-attention task

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the deployment of attention task by depressed and nondepressed individuals reveals the same type of response to all kinds of stimuli in clinically depressed individuals. The nondepressed individuals exhibit a preference for positive or neutral-content stimuli, due to a 'protective' bias nature. This implies the inability of the depressed individuals to show positive bias against negative stimuli.

Analysis, Conditioned response, Conditioned responses, Psychological reactance

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