Author:

• Karen Jansen - Jansen, K - Pelotas, RS - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <karenjansen315@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3494-8070

Co-author(s):

• Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso - Cardoso, TA - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <taianeacardoso@hotmail.com>
• Thaíse Campos Mondin - Mondin, TC - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <thaisemondin@yahoo.com.br>
• Mariana Bonati de Matos - Matos, MB - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <marianabonatidematos@gmail.com>
• Luciano Dias Mattos de Souza - Souza, LDM - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <luciano.dms@gmail.com>
• Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro - Pinheiro, R.T. - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <ricardop@terra.com.br>
• Pedro Vieira Osório da Silva Magalhães - Magalhães, PVOS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <pedromaga2@gmail.com>
• Ricardo Azevedo da Silva - da Silva, R.A. - Pelotas, RS - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <ricardo.as@uol.com.br>
• Karen - Jansen, K - Universidade Católica de Pelotas - <karenjansen315@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

Mood disorders are a consequence of the interaction between environmental and biological factors. Stressful life events have been reported as important environmental factors. Therefore, the objective of study was to identify associations between stressful life events (LEs) and mood disorders in a community sample of young people in southern Brazil.
It is a cross-sectional population-based study with young people between 18 and 24 years old. The sample ion was through conglomerates. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to evaluate mood episode, and the Social Readjustment Rating Scale evaluated stressful life events. The sample was of 1172 young people. Of the total sample, the proportion of stressful life events in the last year in each category was: 53.8% work, 42.4% loss of social support, 63.8% family, 50.9% environmental changes, 61.1% personal difficulties, and 38.7% finances. A significant relationship was found between categories of Les and affective disorders. Exhibited a higher score of LEs the young people in mixed episode than the in depressive episode, (hypo)maniac episode and controls (p

Keywords:

Stressful life eventsMood disordersMixed episodePopulation-based study

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