Parental death and initiation of antidepressant treatment in surviving children and youth: a national register-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based longitudinal studies on bereaved children and youth's mental health care use are scarce and few have assessed the role of surviving parents' mental health status.

Methods

Using register data of individuals born in Sweden in 1992-1999, we performed a matched cohort study (n = 117,518) on the association between parental death and subsequent initiation of antidepressant treatment among individuals bereaved at ages 7-24 years. We used flexible parametric survival models to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) over time after bereavement, adjusting for individual and parental factors. We further examined if the association varied by age at loss, sex, parental sociodemographic factors, cause of death, and the surviving parents' psychiatric care.

Finding

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314171 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature