Depression and anxiety in parents of children with epilepsy. Are fathers involved?

Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-184

  Shariff, Erum M ^a   Sinha, Shobhit ^a   Samman, Sarah K ^a   Elbakri, Nahid K ^a   Siddiqui, Khurram A ^a   Mahmoud, Adel A ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84922686465     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (5)

1. Obeid T. Stigma. An aspect of epilepsy not to be ignored. Saudi Med J 2008; 29: 489-497.
2. Li Y, Ji CY, Qin J, Zhang ZX. Parental anxiety and quality of life of epileptic children. Biomed Environ Sci 2008; 21: 228-232.
3. Ferro MA, Speechley KN. Examining clinically relevant levels of depressive symptoms in mothers following a diagnosis of epilepsy in their children: a prospective analysis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2012; 47: 1419-1428.
4. Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983; 67: 361-370.
5. Chiou HH, Hsieh LP. Parenting stress in parents of children with epilepsy and asthma. J Child Neurol 2008; 23: 301-306.