Parental Psychiatric Disease and Risks of Attempted Suicide and Violent Criminal Offending in Offspring: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Self-directed and interpersonal violence share some common risk factors such as a parental history of mental illness. However, relationships between the full spectrum of parental psychiatric disease and these 2 related outcomes are unclear.

Objective

To examine associations between the full spectrum of parental psychiatric disease and risks of attempted suicide and violent offending among offspring.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cohort study of all persons born in Denmark 1967 through 1997, followed up from their 15th birthday until occurrence of adverse outcome or December 31, 2012, whichever came first.

Exposures

Array of parental psychiatric disorders and parental suicide attempt, delineated from records of secondary care trea

SUBMITTER: Mok PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5079483 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature