Prodromal symptoms and atypical affectivity as predictors of major depression in juveniles: implications for prevention

• Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 472 - 496
• Main Authors: Kovacs, Maria, Lopez-Duran, Nestor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2010; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Affect; Affective Behavior; At Risk Persons; Behavior Modification; Child; Child psychology; Children; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Restructuring; Depression; Depression (Psychology); Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder, Major - physiopathology; Depressive Disorder, Major - prevention & control; Depressive personality disorders; developmental psychopathology; Developmental Stages; Diagnosis, Differential; Disease prevention; emotion regulation; Emotional Development; Family Influence; Female; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiopathology; Literature Reviews; Male; Mental depression; Meta Analysis; Moods; Paediatrics; Pediatrics; Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiopathology; Predictive Value of Tests; Predictor Variables; Prevention; psychophysiology; Risk Factors; Selection Criteria; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Vulnerability

Background:  Given the long‐term morbidity of juvenile‐onset major depressive disorder (MDD), it is timely to consider whether more effort should be dedicated to its primary and secondary prevention. Methods:  We reviewed studies of prodromal symptoms that may herald a first episode pediatric MDD an...