Stress in childhood lead a risk of mood disorders in adulthood

Really stress in childhood and adolescence can lead the risk of developing mood disorders in adulthood?. Stress is something that commonly experienced by everyone. But stress should not be underestimated, stress may be hazardous to our mental health, if not immediately be managed. Recent research of Concordia University of several studies conducted by the institute, has found an association between increased levels of mood disorders (depressive disorders) and an increase in daily stress.

Researcher Mark Ellenbogen, a professor at Concordia Research Center says that "Depression has become one of the most urging health problems in developing countries and developed countries,"

Anything made us very worried about is that the cases of depressive disorders in children and adolescents increased in the period of the previous generation, respectively. Some questions that need answers that why and how these phenomena can occur. Believed that stress is a major contributor.

Ellenbogen and his colleagues tried to investigate because they are interested in finding answers about the relationship between stress in children and development of symptoms of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder. His team evaluated stress in children who live in families with one of parent who experience mood disorders.

Ellenbogen says, "Previous research has shown that children from families with a history of mood disorders are at higher risk of affective disorders in their lifetime. We know that they are not only inherited these traits, but they are also brought up in an environment that stressful, chaotic and less in structure. Our purpose is to draw out how this type of environment effect on mental health of their children in adolescence and adulthood".

Ellenbogen examined by measuring levels of cortisol, a hormone that can regulate a person's stress level. Cortisol within human saliva. Cortisol is a hormone produced by the body in response to stressful life events and challenges. By measuring levels of this hormone, we can know a person's stress level.

Ellenbogen latest findings have shown that adolescents with a family that has a history of the disorder had higher cortisol levels than children from families without disorders. Moreover, he found elevated levels of cortisol are persisting until the children into young adults.

"Although there might be many causes of rising in cortisol, this increase may in part due to effect family stress and parenting," says Ellenbogen. "We have not confirmed that the children then go on to develop their own mood disorders. However, we have held some preliminary data showing that high cortisol levels in adolescences, will double the risk of serious mood disorders when young adulthood."

So this is a warning to parents to consider how we should treat our children in order child can develop without experiencing mood disorders in the future. Thereby We also carry out early prevention strategy of suicide in mood disorders which all already know that suicide is the most dangerous effects of depressive disorders symptoms