SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN YOUNG CHILDREN OF MOTHERS WITH AN AFFECTIVE DISORDER

睡眠障碍的发生率和随时间的稳定性，基于 母亲的报告，检查儿童的母亲有诊断 双相抑郁症，孩子的母亲有诊断单极 抑郁症和好母亲。两次获得母亲的报告， （a）对年幼的子女，当他们在2岁或2岁之间时， 3岁半的时候，5岁到6岁半的时候 老年人：和（B）年龄较大的儿童，当他们在5岁和8岁之间 在他们8到11岁的时候，此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 这些儿童的睡眠问题与以下因素的发生率有关： 父母的抑郁症;即，父母都抑郁的孩子， 父母一方患有抑郁症的儿童和没有患有抑郁症的儿童 父母

The incidence and stability over time of sleep disturbance, based on mothers' reports, are examined in children whose mothers have a diagnosis of bipolar depression, children whose mothers have a diagnosis of unipolar depression, and well mothers. Mothers' reports were obtained twice on two of their children: (a) on the younger children when they were between 2 and 3 1/2 years old and again when they were between 5 and 6 1/2 years old: and (b) on the older children when they were between 5 and 8 years old and again when they were between 8 and 11 years old. In addition, sleep problems in these children are examined in relation to incidence of depression in parents; i.e., in children who have two depressed parents, children who have one depressed parent, and children who have no depressed parents.