Background: The family dysfunction is a situation that can directly affect the development of the individual by facilitating the presence of various pathologies, including depression. Taking into account that the work environment could change a subject and this in turn, to the family function, it is important to study military assets to obtain information that may be useful to the institution for its feedback. Objective: To identify the association between the Family Function and the depressive disorder in active military personnel in the Naval Hospital of Specialties of Veracruz. Material and method: Cross-sectional, analytical, observational and prospective design between the months of October 2017 and March 2018, within the Naval Hospital of Specialties of Veracruz (HOSNAVER). The population of active military members assigned to HOSNAVER, over 24 years of age, of both sexes was included. Results: 209 participants were studied, with prevalence for family dysfunction in 57.4% of cases and depressive disorder of 9.5%. The prevalence of family dysfunction in patients with MDD was 100%, while in the group without MDD it was 52.9%, obtaining from these an OR of 36.5 with a value of p <0.05. Conclusions: There is a positive association between family dysfunction and depressive disorder.
