Relationship between parents' mental disorders and socioeconomic status and offspring's psychopathology: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Mental disorders (MD) are one of the main causes of the disease burden worldwide. Associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and presence of MD in parents have been related with increased odds of MD in offspring. However, there is a lack of population-based research in this field. The aim of the present study was to examine together the relationship between the presence of MD in children, and the SES and presence of MD in their parents, in a whole of population data. A gender approach was undertaken aiming to discern how these variables influence children's mental health when related with the father and the mother. Using administrative individual data from the National Health System, a retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted. The entire children population aged 6 to 15 resid

SUBMITTER: Oliver-Parra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567396 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature