TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Mental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents of Parents with Self-Reported Mental Health Problems
AU - Johnson, Sarah E.
AU - Lawrence, David
AU - Perales, Francisco
AU - Baxter, Janeen
AU - Zubrick, Stephen R.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This paper provides Australian population-level estimates of the prevalence of parental self-reported lifetime mental disorders and past 12 month mental disorders in their children. It leverages unique data from the 2013–2014 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (Young Minds Matter) (n = 6310). Mental disorders were assessed in 4–17 year-olds using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV. Primary carer (PC) and secondary carer mental health was based on PC-reported lifetime diagnoses. Over one-third of 4–17 year-olds had a PC with a lifetime diagnosis. The prevalence of all disorders was significantly higher amongst these children than children whose PC reported no diagnoses, and highest when the PC had comorbid and more severe disorders. Assessing mental health needs at a family level is important to identify children who are particularly vulnerable to developing mental disorders, to develop targeted interventions, and to understand the intergenerational transmission of risk.
AB - This paper provides Australian population-level estimates of the prevalence of parental self-reported lifetime mental disorders and past 12 month mental disorders in their children. It leverages unique data from the 2013–2014 Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing (Young Minds Matter) (n = 6310). Mental disorders were assessed in 4–17 year-olds using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV. Primary carer (PC) and secondary carer mental health was based on PC-reported lifetime diagnoses. Over one-third of 4–17 year-olds had a PC with a lifetime diagnosis. The prevalence of all disorders was significantly higher amongst these children than children whose PC reported no diagnoses, and highest when the PC had comorbid and more severe disorders. Assessing mental health needs at a family level is important to identify children who are particularly vulnerable to developing mental disorders, to develop targeted interventions, and to understand the intergenerational transmission of risk.
KW - Child and adolescent mental health
KW - Children and families
KW - Intergenerational risk
KW - Mental disorders
KW - Parental mental health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039747676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10597-017-0217-5
DO - 10.1007/s10597-017-0217-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 29289984
AN - SCOPUS:85039747676
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 54
SP - 884
EP - 897
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
IS - 6
ER -