Depressed Parents and Their Children: General Health, Social, and Psychiatric Problems
Weissman M, John K, Merikangas K, Prusoff B, Wickramaratne P, Gammon G, Angold A, Warner V. Depressed Parents and Their Children: General Health, Social, and Psychiatric Problems. JAMA Pediatrics 1986, 140: 801-805. PMID: 3728409, DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140220083038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionPsychiatric disordersDepressed parentsAdverse perinatal eventsMore medical problemsDirect clinical implicationsMore suicide attemptsMore convulsionsPerinatal eventsHead injuryGeneral healthChronic illnessPrevalent disorderPsychiatric problemsClinical implicationsMedical problemsSuicide attemptsSociodemographic backgroundDisordersFurther studiesSignificant differencesDepressionChildrenMore distressDevelopmental landmarks