Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology

fa افسردگی اساسی در بزرگسالی و ازدست دادن والدین پیش از 18 سالگی Major Depressive Disorder in Adults and Childhood Parental Loss before 18-Year-Old روانپزشکی و روانشناسی Psychiatry and Psychology پژوهشي اصيل Original Research AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to assess the correlation of parental loss in childhood and adole- scence with major depressive disorder in adulthood. Method:This was a case-control and post hoc study of 64 patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder based on DSM-IV criteria.The control group was comprised of 68 patients,none diagnosed with depression. Both groups were selected from university hospitals of <city><place>Tehran</place></city>.Findings:19 patients in the case group (29.7%) had experienced the loss of at least one parent before the age of eighteen,whereas seven patients in the control group (10.3%) had the same experience. In another words,the prevalence of parental loss before the age of eighteen years old was significant- ly more in the group with the diagnosis of major depressive disorder than the control group (P<0.05). Results:There is a statistically significant correlation between parental loss in childhood and adole- scence with major depressive disorder in adulthood. اختلال افسردگی اساسی، نبود والدین، جدایی والدین major depressive disorder, parental loss, separation of parents 41 45 http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-173&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 M. Noori Khajavi مرتضی نوری خواجوی e-mail:khajavi@behzisty.ir 18003194753284600649 18003194753284600649 Yes K. Holakoyie کوروش هلاکویی 18003194753284600650 18003194753284600650 No