The Impact of Various Parental Mental Disorders on Children’s Diagnoses: A Systematic Review

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 281-299

  van Santvoort, Floor ^a,c   Hosman, Clemens M H ^a   Janssens, Jan M A M ^a   van Doesum, Karin T M ^a   Reupert, Andrea ^b   van Loon, Linda M A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Pluryn/De Winckelsteegh   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children s diagnostic outcomes; Diagnoses; Mental illness; Parents; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84946497755     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-015-0191-9     Document Type: Review

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