title: The relative timing of psychiatric disorder in parents and children.
abstract: The high incidence of psychiatric disorder in parents of disturbed children is usually explained in reactive terms implying a relationship in time. The records of children attending a child psychiatric service and the psychiatric records of their parents were examined and the time between episodes of illness in parent and child were calculated. Fathers' illnesses preceded those of their daughters, but in general, there was little evidence of any close relationship.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors