Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the Children of Depressed Parents

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25570
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Vicky Powell discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: A focus on mood and anxiety disorders’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12182). Vicky is the first author of the paper.
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include:

• The gaps in the research that this study aimed to address.
• Details about the cohort used (The Early Prediction of Adolescent Depression Study).
• The implications of the findings.
• Insight into trials looking into early intervention and prevention.
• The SWELL study and how to take part.

In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.