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      Associations among depressive symptoms, childhood abuse, neuroticism, and adult stressful life events in the general adult population

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          Abstract

          Background

          Recent studies have suggested that the interactions among several factors affect the onset, progression, and prognosis of major depressive disorder. This study investigated how childhood abuse, neuroticism, and adult stressful life events interact with one another and affect depressive symptoms in the general adult population.

          Subjects and methods

          A total of 413 participants from the nonclinical general adult population completed the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Child Abuse and Trauma Scale, the neuroticism subscale of the shortened Eysenck Personality Questionnaire – Revised, and the Life Experiences Survey, which are self-report scales. Structural equation modeling (Mplus version 7.3) and single and multiple regressions were used to analyze the data.

          Results

          Childhood abuse, neuroticism, and negative evaluation of life events increased the severity of the depressive symptoms directly. Childhood abuse also indirectly increased the negative appraisal of life events and the severity of the depressive symptoms through enhanced neuroticism in the structural equation modeling.

          Limitations

          There was recall bias in this study. The causal relationship was not clear because this study was conducted using a cross-sectional design.

          Conclusion

          This study suggested that neuroticism is the mediating factor for the two effects of childhood abuse on adulthood depressive symptoms and negative evaluation of life events. Childhood abuse directly and indirectly predicted the severity of depressive symptoms.

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          Adverse childhood experiences and the risk of depressive disorders in adulthood.

          Daniel P Chapman, Charles L Whitfield, Vincent Felitti … (2004)
          Research examining the association between childhood abuse and depressive disorders has frequently assessed abuse categorically, thus not permitting discernment of the cumulative impact of multiple types of abuse. As previous research has documented that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are highly interrelated, we examined the association between the number of such experiences (ACE score) and the risk of depressive disorders. Retrospective cohort study of 9460 adult health maintenance organization members in a primary care clinic in San Diego, CA who completed a survey addressing a variety of health-related concerns, which included standardized assessments of lifetime and recent depressive disorders, childhood abuse and household dysfunction. Lifetime prevalence of depressive disorders was 23%. Childhood emotional abuse increased risk for lifetime depressive disorders, with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of 2.7 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.3-3.2] in women and 2.5 (95% CI, 1.9-3.2) in men. We found a strong, dose-response relationship between the ACE score and the probability of lifetime and recent depressive disorders (P<0.0001). This relationship was attenuated slightly when a history of growing up with a mentally ill household member was included in the model, but remained significant (P<0.001). The number of ACEs has a graded relationship to both lifetime and recent depressive disorders. These results suggest that exposure to ACEs is associated with increased risk of depressive disorders up to decades after their occurrence. Early recognition of childhood abuse and appropriate intervention may thus play an important role in the prevention of depressive disorders throughout the life span.
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            Causal relationship between stressful life events and the onset of major depression.

            L M Karkowski, De Prescott, K Kendler (1999)
            Stressful life events are associated with the onset of episodes of major depression. However, exposure to stressful life events is influenced by genetic factors, and these factors are correlated with those that predispose to major depression. The aim of this study was to clarify the degree to which stressful life events cause major depression. The authors assessed the occurrence of 15 classes of stressful life events and the onset of DSM-III-R major depression over a 1-year period in female twins ascertained from a population-based registry. The sample contained 24,648 person-months and 316 onsets of major depression. Stressful life events were individually rated on contextual threat and dependence (the degree to which the stressful life event could have resulted from the respondent's behavior). The nature of the relationship between stressful life events and major depression was tested by 1) discrete-time survival analysis examining the relationship between dependence and the depressogenic effect of stressful life events and 2) a co-twin control analysis. While independent stressful life events were significantly associated with onsets of depression, when level of threat was controlled, the association was significantly stronger for dependent events. The odds ratio for onset of major depression in the month of a stressful life event was 5.64 in all subjects, 4.52 within dizygotic pairs, and 3.58 within monozygotic pairs. Stressful life events have a substantial causal relationship with the onset of episodes of major depression. However, about one-third of the association between stressful life events and onsets of depression is noncausal, since individuals predisposed to major depression select themselves into high-risk environments.
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              Childhood sexual abuse, stressful life events and risk for major depression in women.

              Sonja Kuhn, David Prescott, K Kendler (2004)
              In animals, early trauma can produce long-lasting changes in sensitivity to the pathogenic effects of stress. To explore whether similar processes occur in humans, we examine whether childhood sexual abuse (CSA) in women alters sensitivity in adulthood to the depressogenic effects of stressful life events (SLEs). A history of CSA was obtained from a population-based sample of 1404 female adult twins. Cox Proportional hazard models were used to predict onsets of episodes of DSM-III-R major depression (MD) in the past year from previously assessed levels of neuroticism (N), CSA and past-year SLEs scored on long-term contextual threat. In the best-fit model, onset of MD was predicted by CSA, SLEs and N. Individuals with CSA (and especially with severe CSA) had both an overall increased risk for MD and a substantially increased sensitivity to the depressogenic effects of SLEs. A 'dose-response' relationship between severity of CSA and sensitivity to SLEs was clearer in those with low to average levels of N than in those with high levels of N. As documented with physiological responses to a standardized laboratory stressor, CSA increases stress sensitivity in women in a more naturalistic setting. Both genetic and early environmental risk factors can produce long-term increase in the sensitivity of individuals to depressogenic life experiences.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
                Title: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
                Publisher: Dove Medical Press
                ISSN (Print): 1176-6328
                ISSN (Electronic): 1178-2021
                Publication date Collection: 2017
                Publication date (Electronic): 15 February 2017
                Volume: 13
                Pages: 477-482
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo
                [2 ]Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido
                [3 ]Department of Clinical Human Sciences, Graduate school of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Yoshikazu Takaesu, Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan, Tel +81 3 3342 6111, Fax +81 3 3342 7083, Email esu-yosh@ 123456tokyo-med.ac.jp
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                Publisher ID: ndt-13-477
                DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S128557
                PMC ID: 5317351
                PubMed ID: 28243100
                SO-VID: ccd5670f-f469-44b7-85be-90171a7b17d5
                Copyright © © 2017 Ono et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Neurology
                Keywords: childhood abuse,depression,neuroticism,stressful life events,structural equation modeling
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                Keywords: childhood abuse, depression, neuroticism, stressful life events, structural equation modeling

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