The effect of the severity of parental alcohol abuse on mental and behavioural disorders in children.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have shown that children of alcohol abusing parents have a higher risk for mental and behavioural disorders compared to other children. Using a retrospective population-based cohort study, based on health care and social welfare registers that include children born in Finland in 1997 and their biological parents, we evaluated whether the severity of parental alcohol abuse is related to these disorders in children. We examined (1) differences in the incidence of mental and behavioural disorders over time among the children of parents with no alcohol problems, parents with less severe alcohol problems and parents with severe alcohol problems, and (2) associations between mother's and father's alcohol abuse and children's risk of disorders. Children were followed up until the age

SUBMITTER: Raitasalo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6647416 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature