PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN CHILDREN OF INPATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION - CONTROLLED-STUDY

Of 29 parents hospitalized for depression 1/4 had children with episodes of depression (8 out of a total of 75 children). None of the children in 41 families with well patients had episodes of depression (a total of 152 children). The differences were significant. Symptoms equivalent to depression such as hyperactivity, deviant behavior and learning difficulties were not required in establishing clinical depression in childhood.