The disturbed child. How important is the family?
Family dysfunction is an important determinant of childhood disturbance. Emotional disorders may present overtly or through somatic symptoms and the family doctor must be alert to their relationship to disturbances within the family. Early intervention may avert more serious problems in childhood.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans