Relation of parental affective illness to family, dyadic, and individual functioning: an observational study of family interaction.
Family, dyadic, and individual functioning were examined in 18 control families and 41 families with a history of maternal affective illness-including 26 in which husbands also had a history of psychiatric illness. Assessments of functioning, based on observed family interactions, indicated that families with a history of affective illness are more likely to have functional problems, and that problems may differ as a function of type of diagnosis and number of ill parents. Findings suggest that clinical program planning should take into account variability within groups, as well as individual competencies.
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National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md., USA.
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales