Two-Year Recall of Lifetime Diagnoses in Offspring at High and Low Risk for Major Depression

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• Stability of recall ofDSM-IIIdiagnoses was assessed at two interviews 2 years apart in a sample of 150 offspring, aged 6 to 23 years, at high and low risk for major depression. Stability of recall was good for major depression with the use ofDSM-IIIcriteria and fair for major depression with the use of "strict" criteria (based on 4 weeks' duration of illness and an impairment in a major social role). Stability of recall was good for substance abuse and conduct disorder. Stability of recall was generally poor for anxiety disorder, regardless of subtype. For all major disorders except anxiety disorder, the difference in reported age at onset between the two interviews was small (DSM-IIIlifetime diagnoses in a nonreferred sample of children, adolescents, and young adults.