What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the relationship between subclinical depressive symptoms during adolescence and the later onset of major depressive episodes in adulthood.

January 1, 1999American Journal of Psychiatry

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Adult Depression: Moodiness or Mood Disorder?

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DPDaniel S. PineNational Institutes of Health ÉCÉlizabeth G. CohenUniversity of Oxford PCPatricia CohenTufts University

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Longitudinal study reveals elevated adult depression risk in adolescents with subclinical symptoms, indicating adolescent moodiness can signal future mood disorders.

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To examine the relationship between subclinical depressive symptoms during adolescence and the later onset of major depressive episodes in adulthood.
Assessed an epidemiologic sample of 776 young people using psychiatric evaluations across three waves in 1983, 1985, and 1992.
Estimated the magnitude of association between adolescent subclinical depressive symptoms and adult major depression specifically among youth who did not meet diagnostic criteria for major depression.
Depressive symptoms in adolescence strongly predicted an episode of major depression in adulthood.
Adolescents exhibiting symptom counts more than two standard deviations above the mean had a two-fold to three-fold increased risk of developing an adult major depressive episode.

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Pine et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a18f2ddcac83a2bcecfe4ff https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.1.133

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Longitudinal study reveals elevated adult depression risk in adolescents with subclinical symptoms, indicating adolescent moodiness can signal future mood disorders.

Adolescent Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Adult Depression: Moodiness or Mood Disorder?

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Adolescent Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Adult Depression: Moodiness or Mood Disorder?

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