Objective: In this study it is aimed to examine the relationship between depression symptoms and childhood traumas in adults applied to The Healthy Life Center in Elazığ.

Materials and Methods: This study which is descriptive and cross-sectional is carried out with 370 people aged 18 and over who applied to The Healthy Life Centers founded all around the city of Elazığ. The data were recorded in the statistical package program and Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Spearman Correlation tests were performed in statistical analysis.

Results: The average age of the participants is 34.53±10.00, 57.8 ages % of them are women. Among the participants, the incidence of childhood trauma was 43.0%, physical abuse 33.2%, emotional abuse 34.9%, sexual abuse 11.9%, physical neglect 47.3%, emotional neglect 31.1%, and depression symptoms 34.9%. In addition, a positive significant relationship was found between the childhood traumas of participants and their depression levels (p<0.05).

Conclusion: As a result, It was observed that approximately half of the participants in the study had childhood trauma and approximately one third had symptoms of depression. It was found that as the incidence of childhood trauma increased, the symptoms of depression increased.