Alicia Nevriana, Kyriaki Kosidou, Holly Hope, Susanne Wicks, Christina Dalman, Matthias Pierce, Kathryn M Abel
OBJECTIVES: To detail the relationship between parental mental illness and the likelihood of out-of-home care (OHC) among their children, and to identify factors which modify this relationship. METHODS: Using Swedish national registers, children born in 2000 to 2011 (n = 1 249 463) were linked to their parents. Time-dependent parental mental illness (nonaffective and affective psychosis, substance misuse, depression, anxiety and stress, eating disorders, personality disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, and intellectual disability), was identified through International Classification of Diseases codes...
March 1, 2024: Pediatrics