Research in Medicine

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Bakhtiari M, Hatami H, Tavakoli Fard M. The role of parental drug addiction in depression of theiradolescents. Research in Medicine 2016; 40 (2) :63-67
URL: http://pejouhesh.sbmu.ac.ir/article-1-2944-en.html

Background: Adolescence is the most important period of life and biological, psychological and social changes form in adolescents, which can be affected  by social and family factors, and its effects will stay until the end of life. Recognition of mental disorders in this age group and the factors influencing them can be effective in preventing and reducing future problems. The purpose of this study was to compare depression level among 19-12 year old adolescents with addicted parent and non-addicted parents.
Materials & Methods: The method of this study was historical cohort and 134 adolescents with the age 19-12 years old with addicted parents who admitted in therapeutic centers in Rasht in 1390 and 134 adolescents with non-addicted parents that were matched in terms of age, sex, education and economic status, were selected by available sampling. Then DASS42- and demographics and substance abuse questionnaires were administered among both groups. SPSS16-, were used for data analysis.
Results: The results showed that there were significant differences between the mean score of depression among two groups of adolescents (X18.59=1, X7.54=2, p<0.05). Regression analysis also demonstrated that there was a direct positive correlation between the age of adolescents and their depression scores (p<0.05). In addition, there was a direct positive correlation between adolescents depression scores and the duration of addiction in their parents (p<0.05). The number of adolescents with addicted parent who have depression was greater than adolescents with non-addicted parents and depression severity was greater in the case group.
Conclusions: Parents' addiction has an important role in depression of their adolescents. Therefore, the child and adolescent mental health improvement programs, coping skills training can be an effective step towards the development of mental health.