Childhood-onset depression and newly diagnosed chronic diseases after age 65: a large longitudinal cohort study
Childhood-onset depression would increase the risk of newly diagnosed chronic diseases, specifically chronic lung diseases, and emotional/psychiatric problem in the elderly. Future clinical research and health policy should be targeted at the root cause to explore the causal pathway between childhood-onset depression and later-life chronic diseases.
Authors
- Rendong Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9383-8157)
- Yaxin Luo
- Zheran Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4848-4951)
- Ruidan Li
- Xiaolin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0055-7290)
- Ling He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-7530)
- Zhigong Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-9508)
- Z Y Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8268-7453)
- Xingchen Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-4903)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- West China Medical Center of Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Ministry of Education (KR)
- Hangzhou Medical College (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07494-9
- Primary Topic
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00