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Parental psychiatric disorder: clinical prevalence and effects on default from treatment
Author(s) -
DOVER S. J.,
LEAHY A.,
FOREMAN D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1994.tb00376.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , depression (economics) , medicine , clinical significance , psychology , clinical psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Summary In a retrospective case note study, 36% of 253 consecutive cases seen and treated at a community child and adolescent clinic had at least one caretaker with a concurrent psychiatric disorder. The most common diagnosis in caretakers was depression (20% of the sample). Both, psychiatric disorder in general, and depression in particular, were significantly related to default from treatment. The relevance of these results to all aspects of child health care is discussed. It is concluded that more research into the impact of parental psychiatric disorder on the treatment of children across various clinical settings is needed.