FUNCTIONING OF DEPRESSED MOTHERS IN AND BETWEEN EPISODES

抑郁症的诊断包括病因、严重程度、 疾病，症状模式，发作时间，治疗， 行为功能 NIMH家庭纵向研究数据 情感上生病和健康的父母使我们有可能检查 母亲抑郁症之间的差异，并将其与儿童 功能 母亲和孩子被观察在半自然的 设置. 单极抑郁的母亲最有可能与 他们的孩子会受到持续的负面影响 模式 母亲的情绪在两周内非常稳定， 观察了 负相关水平之间的显著相关性 母亲和孩子表现出的情感表明了重要的同步性。 负性情绪的发作仅与单相抑郁和抑郁障碍相关。 或严重抑郁的母亲和她们的女儿。

A diagnosis of depression includes heterogeneity in etiology, severity of illness, symptom patterns, timing of episodes, treatment, and behavioral functioning. Data in the NIMH longitudinal study of families of affectively ill and well parents make it possible to examine differences within maternal depression and to relate them to child functioning. Mother and child were observed in semi-naturalistic settings. Unipolar depressed mothers were most likely to interact with their children with sustained bouts of negative affect. Patterns of maternal affect were very stable over the two-week period in which they were observed. Significant correlations between levels of negative affect exhibited by mother and child indicate an important synchrony. Bouts of negative affect were correlated only between unipolar depressed or severely depressed mothers and their daughters.