2007
Parental representations and subclinical changes in postpartum mood
Mayes LC, Leckman JF. Parental representations and subclinical changes in postpartum mood. Infant Mental Health Journal 2007, 28: 281-295. PMID: 28640466, DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripartum periodMonths postpartumEarly parenting experiencesPast historyImmediate postpartum periodMajor depressive disorderMood fluctuationsSocial supportParents' perceptionsSubclinical changesPostpartum periodMore episodesDepressive disorderMajor depressionPostpartum depressionPostpartum moodMonths gestationDepressed moodMaternal careParenting experiencesMothersNew infantParental moodDepressionPostpartum
2002
Development and natural history of mood disorders
Costello EJ, Pine DS, Hammen C, March JS, Plotsky PM, Weissman MM, Biederman J, Goldsmith HH, Kaufman J, Lewinsohn PM, Hellander M, Hoagwood K, Koretz DS, Nelson CA, Leckman JF. Development and natural history of mood disorders. Biological Psychiatry 2002, 52: 529-542. PMID: 12361667, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(02)01372-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMood disordersMood disorders researchPediatric-onset bipolar disorderBipolar disorderUnipolar depressionNatural historySpecific risk factorsModel of pathogenesisPrecursor of depressionPsychotropic medicationsRisk infantsRisk factorsSuccessful treatmentHigh riskMultidisciplinary workgroupChildhood anxiety disordersJuvenile depressionDisorder researchEarly onsetProtective factorsAnxiety disordersPanel of expertsMental healthDisordersDepression
1985
Depressives with secondary alcoholism: psychiatric disorders in offspring.
Merikangas KR, Weissman MM, Prusoff BA, Pauls DL, Leckman JF. Depressives with secondary alcoholism: psychiatric disorders in offspring. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 1985, 46: 199-204. PMID: 4010295, DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1985.46.199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOffspring of probandsSecondary alcoholismMajor depressionGreater riskFivefold greater riskThreefold greater riskOffspring of controlsUnderlying illnessPsychiatric illnessPsychiatric disordersDepressed probandsAlcoholismAnxiety disordersDisordersDepressionFamilial aggregationProbandsRiskIllnessOffspringNumber of parentsAdditional increaseDepressive
1983
Anxiety disorders and depression: contradictions between family study data and DSM-III conventions
Leckman JF, Merikangas KR, Pauls DL, Prusoff BA, Weissman MM. Anxiety disorders and depression: contradictions between family study data and DSM-III conventions. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1983, 140: 880-882. PMID: 6859304, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.140.7.880.Peer-Reviewed Original Research