Depression, Temperament the Connection to Genetics and Each other
Angel Seadorf
Southern New Hampshire University Many studies look at how mental illness can affect children developmentally. However there aren’t many studies that research how mental illness in adults transfers to their children. Researchers have studied the effects of how mental illness can affect the development of children, such as socially and behavior. Also most studies followed children until age 7 and there were no further data collected. Data collected came from the parents in these studies and not the children.
Are children who grew up with parents of mental illness more likely to develop mental illness such as depression, and if this is the case how does this …show more content…
There are no risks in this study other than privacy and the potential of collecting mental health information from participants doctors, as long as participants are aware of the information that is being requested and sign consent this shouldn’t be a problem, I would need to fully inform potential participants to help them decide whether or not to give informed consent. Previous studies involving minors as participants addressed potential ethical issue by obtaining parental consent to have children a part of the study. For example, in the research I reviewed involving children, researchers got written permission to have children participate in the study from their parents. Information was collected from parents and children. “Previous investigations of the long-term psychiatric consequences of the childhood environment are limited in several respects. First, research in this area has often been conducted by analyzing cross-sectional samples of selected populations and has often relied on retrospective reports of the childhood environment. Although results from longitudinal population-based studies are emerging, most have used scales of psychological distress and depressive symptoms rather than psychiatric diagnoses based on modern diagnostic criteria.” ( Gilman, Kawachi, Fitzmaurice, & Buka 2003). This alone allowed me to be able to really look long and hard about the information …show more content…
Although in the study “Infant Developmental Outcomes: A Family Systems Perspective. Infant & Child Development”, it does briefly go into depression and how it effects development in children.
In previous studies they don’t follow the children into adulthood to continue their research, so most studies are pure speculation. I would propose following children of parents that suffer from depression for many years into adult hood. The study would research if there is a genetic connection with parent and child depression. We would do genetic testing to determine if there are markers for a specific gene that causes depression or other mental illness that is transferred to the children.
The information collected in this study could allow for improved depression treatment in children and adults alike. It would also give some explanation on the temperament of children and how the depression plays a factor on their
Angel Seadorf
Southern New Hampshire University Many studies look at how mental illness can affect children developmentally. However there aren’t many studies that research how mental illness in adults transfers to their children. Researchers have studied the effects of how mental illness can affect the development of children, such as socially and behavior. Also most studies followed children until age 7 and there were no further data collected. Data collected came from the parents in these studies and not the children.
Are children who grew up with parents of mental illness more likely to develop mental illness such as depression, and if this is the case how does this …show more content…
There are no risks in this study other than privacy and the potential of collecting mental health information from participants doctors, as long as participants are aware of the information that is being requested and sign consent this shouldn’t be a problem, I would need to fully inform potential participants to help them decide whether or not to give informed consent. Previous studies involving minors as participants addressed potential ethical issue by obtaining parental consent to have children a part of the study. For example, in the research I reviewed involving children, researchers got written permission to have children participate in the study from their parents. Information was collected from parents and children. “Previous investigations of the long-term psychiatric consequences of the childhood environment are limited in several respects. First, research in this area has often been conducted by analyzing cross-sectional samples of selected populations and has often relied on retrospective reports of the childhood environment. Although results from longitudinal population-based studies are emerging, most have used scales of psychological distress and depressive symptoms rather than psychiatric diagnoses based on modern diagnostic criteria.” ( Gilman, Kawachi, Fitzmaurice, & Buka 2003). This alone allowed me to be able to really look long and hard about the information …show more content…
Although in the study “Infant Developmental Outcomes: A Family Systems Perspective. Infant & Child Development”, it does briefly go into depression and how it effects development in children.
In previous studies they don’t follow the children into adulthood to continue their research, so most studies are pure speculation. I would propose following children of parents that suffer from depression for many years into adult hood. The study would research if there is a genetic connection with parent and child depression. We would do genetic testing to determine if there are markers for a specific gene that causes depression or other mental illness that is transferred to the children.
The information collected in this study could allow for improved depression treatment in children and adults alike. It would also give some explanation on the temperament of children and how the depression plays a factor on their