Children whose parents have a mental illness: Prevalence, need and treatment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-9

  Reupert, Andrea E ^a   Maybery, Darryl J ^a   Kowalenko, Nicholas M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84900034842     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mjao11.11200     Document Type: Article

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