The Relationship Between Depression and Emerging Adulthood

Berry, Devon M.

doi:10.1097/00012272-200401000-00007

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“…These findings support those of other researchers who concluded that internalization of messages received in childhood, together with the meaning attached to NISLEs during the formative years, leads to stress and other mental health problems in adulthood (Higgins 1987, Park & Folkman 1997, Benzies & Allen 2001, Berry 2004). These internalizations either confirm or disconfirm self‐belief and set the scene for self‐baseline‐views to develop.…”

Section: Findings and Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Early life experiences and their impact on our understanding of depression

Feely

Sines

Long

2007

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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This paper presents part of a larger Grounded Theory study, which was designed to capture a sample of people's perceptions of living with or, caring for, individuals with depression. Data were collected from a focus group consisting of people with depression (n = 7). In-depth one-to-one interviews were undertaken with eight further respondents (n = 8). Purposeful sampling was used initially. Thereafter, in keeping with one of the key tenets of grounded theory, theoretical sampling was used. The emergent concepts were pursued until saturation occurred. The constant comparative approach was used to analyse the data together with the NVivo qualitative analysis software package. This paper focuses on the respondents' perceptions of the pre-diagnosis, depression encounter. The key category that emerged was 'the pre-diagnosis phase of depression and the now experience'. Five key themes surfaced within this category: (1) negative impact significant life events; (2) self-blame; (3) personal characteristics; (4) pre-diagnosis, depression unknowingness; and (5) pre-help seeking. The findings suggest that those in the field of human services need to better understand the lived experience of people with depression, in order to provide holistic treatment and care.

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Section: Findings and Discussionsupporting

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Early life experiences and their impact on our understanding of depression

Feely

Sines

Long

2007

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…Viewed through this lens, transition from adolescence to young adulthood is a demanding developmental stage for even the well-adjusted adolescent. Limited research has examined how depression during this critical window affects how adolescents are able to meet these challenges(9). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Trajectories of Functioning Into Emerging Adulthood Following Treatment for Adolescent Depression

Peters

Jacobs

Feldhaus

et al. 2016

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose It is well established that empirically supported treatments reduce depressive symptoms for the majority of adolescents; however, it is not yet known whether these interventions lead to sustained improvements in global functioning. The goal of this study is to assess the clinical characteristics and trajectories of long-term psychosocial functioning among emerging adults who have experienced adolescent-onset MDD. Methods Global functioning was assessed using the Clinical Global Assessment Scale for Children (CGAS; participants ≤18 years old), the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF; participants ≥ 19 years old) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Adolescents (HONOSCA) among 196 adolescents who elected to complete 3.5 years of naturalistic follow-up subsequent to their participation in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). TADS examined the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), fluoxetine (FLX), and the combination of CBT and FLX (COMB) over 36 weeks. Mixed-effects regression models were used to identify trajectories and clinical predictors of functioning over the naturalistic follow-up. Results Global functioning and achievement of developmental milestones (college, employment) improved over the course of follow-up for the majority of adolescents. Depressive relapse, initial randomization to the placebo (PBO) group, and the presence of multiple psychiatric comorbidities conferred risk for relatively poorer functioning. Conclusions Functioning generally improves among the majority of adolescents who have received empirically supported treatments. However, the presence of recurrent MDD and multiple psychiatric comorbidities is associated with poorer functioning trajectories, offering targets for maintenance treatment or secondary prevention.

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“…Secondly, differences between migrants and natives in the transition or developmental process from adolescents to young adults provide a framework for explanations of our results. In short, this transition is characterized by making decisions about careers and potential partners, by becoming less dependent on one's immediate family's home, and by forming worldviews and unique identities (Arnett, 2000; Berry, 2004). In the following paragraphs we will relate aspects of transition to adulthood with migrant status in order to explain our findings.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%