title: The effects of childhood parental death and divorce on six-month history of anxiety disorders.
abstract: Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) data were used to examine the relationships between: (a) early childhood maternal death, paternal death, and parental separation/divorce, and (b) six-month DIS/DSM-III diagnoses of agoraphobia with and without panic attacks, simple phobia, social phobia, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Associations were found between: (a) maternal death and agoraphobia with panic attacks, and (b) parental separation/divorce and agoraphobia with panic attacks and panic disorder. The associations could not be explained by the effects of potentially confounding socio-demographic factors.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Tweed
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Schoenbach
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Blazer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D010200:Panic; D010333:Paternal Deprivation; D010553:Personality Development; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors