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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Adult Children, Child, Child Rearing, Child, Unwanted, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Parenting, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Suicide, Attempted, Sweden.
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Does perception of rearing circumstances relate to course of illness in patients with therapy-refractory affective disorders? Context: Qualitative aspects of childhood experiences are believed to have an impact on course in affective disorder. Does perception of parental rearing correlate to persistence of affective illness? In retrospective life charts were recorded every previous illness episode for 38 consecutive patients with treatment-refractory affective disorder. A semi-structured interview was used for collecting information about perception of parental rearing. Ten patients perceived themselves as "unwanted" during childhood, and 28 as "wanted". These former were found to have a more malignant illness course, as measured by total days in illness, percent of life in illness, and illness days per episode.
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The patient sample was small and the findings require replication. Final Decision: yes