Relação entre trauma na infância e depressão em mães de jovens com e sem transtornos de humor

Abstract

Aim: To identify the relationship between childhood trauma and the maternal depression in a sample of young people with mood disorders and without mood disorders. Methods: Cross sectional study with 164 young people and their mothers. Ninety-eight young people were in the group with mood disorders and 66 were without mood disorders group. The diagnosis of mood disorder was conducted through the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) and childhood trauma was assessed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Maternal depression was identified by the Mini International Psychiatry Interview (MINI). Results: Young people with mood disorders, were 4.52 (95% CI: 1.05, 7.99) points higher on average decreased as the socioeconomic classification, and those who were children of depressed mothers were 5.36 (CI 95% CI: 1.20, 10.17) points higher than average childhood trauma than those who were not depressed mothers. Young people without mood disorders who were working were -5.94 (95% CI: -10.75, -1.13) points in the middle of the CTQ compared those who were not working. Conclusion: There was a relationship between childhood trauma and maternal depression in young people with mood disorders. The prevention and treatment of maternal psychiatric illness may decrease the risk of adverse effects on young people