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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Mar 12;63(12):1147–1154. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.01.011

Table 6.

History of lifetime Axis I psychiatric disorders [N (%)].

No Loss (N=44) Death (N= 19) Desertion (N=25)

Major Depressive Disorder 5 (11.4) 7 (36.8) 4 (16)
Depressive Disorder NOS 0 0 2 (8)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 1 (2.3) 0 1 (4)
Other Anxiety Disorder 1 (2.3) 2 (10.5) 2 (8)
Substance Use Disorder 3 (6.8) 2 (10.5) 3 (12)
Adjustment Disorder 0 3 (15.8) 1 (4)
Any Disorder 7 (15.9) 11 (57.9) * 9 (36.0)

Note: None of the participants had a current Axis I disorder. Due to small Ns, statistical analysis of group differences conducted only for “Any Disorder.” Symbol denotes significant difference from the No Loss group,

*

p=.001.

There was a trend for the Parental Desertion group to have more lifetime Axis I disorders than the No Loss group but this did not reach significance (p=.06) No other significant differences were found.