Maternal psychopathology and mental health treatment delay in adolescents from a national cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether maternal psychopathology predicts mental health service use and treatment delay in offspring with mental disorders.

Data sources

Weighted data collected between 2001 and 2004 from NCS-A participants (age: 13-18 years; N = 2939) meeting DSM-IV criteria for any lifetime mental disorder, assessed with WHO CIDI, and from their biological mothers.

Study design

National representative cohort.

Data collection

Maternal psychopathology was assessed with self-report, adolescent mental health service use with the Service Assessment for Children and Adolescents.

Principal findings

Maternal psychopathology predicted offspring mental health service use across various service sectors, except for school services. In the mental health spe

SUBMITTER: Stalujanis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338299 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature