Date of Award
2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Program
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Supervisor
Dr. William R. Avison
Second Advisor
Dr. Kathy Speechley
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the association of an early onset of major depressive disorder with the risk for recurrence of depression and psychiatric comorbidity is magnified among single mothers in contrast to married mothers. The data for this study were collected as part of a three-wave cohort study of 518 single and 502 married mothers in London, Ontario. The women were interviewed with the Michigan version of the Composite International Diagnostic Inventory. Results indicate that an early onset of depression was significantly associated with recurrence, but only modestly associated with other psychiatric comorbidity. Examined separately for single and married mothers, we found that being a single mother with an early onset of depression puts a woman at the highest risk of a psychiatric morbidity.
Recommended Citation
Coppens, Carolyn S., "EARLY ONSET OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR RECURRENCE AND CO-MORBIDITY: CONTRASTING THE EXPERIENCES OF SINGLE AND MARRIED MOTHERS" (2008). Digitized Theses. 4123.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4123