Depressed Mood in Childhood and Subsequent Alcohol use through Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Participants were recruited during childhood and interviewed in early adolescence and adulthood to assess the association between childhood depressed mood and adolescent and young adulthood alcohol use. A high level of depressed mood during childhood was associated with an earlier onset and increased risk of alcohol intoxication, alcohol-related problems during late childhood and early adolescence, and the development of alcohol dependence in young adulthood.