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The Relative Timing of Psychiatric Disorder in Parents and Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Paul Hobbs
Paul Hobbs*
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF, Scotland
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Summary

The high incidence of psychiatric disorder in parents of disturbed children is usually explained in reactive terms implying a relationship in time. The records of children attending a child psychiatric service and the psychiatric records of their parents were examined and the time between episodes of illness in parent and child were calculated. Fathers' illnesses preceded those of their daughters, but in general, there was little evidence of any close relationship

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 1 , January 1982 , pp. 37 - 43
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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