Influence of Parental Concordance for Psychiatric Disorders on Psychopathology in Offspring

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of parental mating types for substance abuse and anxiety/affective disorders on the risk of psychopathology among child and adolescent offspring. METHOD: Emotional and behavioral disorders were assessed in offspring, aged 7 to 17 years, of male and female parents who served as probands from a family study of comorbidity of substance abuse and anxiety disorders.

Authors

Dierker LC; Merikangas KR; Szatmari P

Journal

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 280–288

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

3 1999

DOI

10.1097/00004583-199903000-00015

ISSN

0890-8567

Associated Experts

Peter Szatmari

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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