Predictors of depressive symptom trajectories in a prospective follow-up of late adolescents

Group-based trajectory modeling holds promise for the study of prognostic indicators in the mood disorders because the courses that the individuals with these disorders follow are so highly variable. However, trajectory analyses of major depressive disorder have so far not included some of the more robust predictors of mood disorder outcome, nor have they described interactions between these predictors.A group of 186 individuals aged 15-20 years...