title: Depressed parents' treatment needs and children's problems in an urban family medicine practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined interest in treatment and treatment preferences and obstacles of low-income depressed parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 273 primarily low-income, Hispanic parents of children aged seven to 17 attending an urban family medicine practice agreed to complete a survey by interview or self-report, including screening diagnoses and treatment history. Three groups were compared: major, subthreshold, and no depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly one-third had major (9%) or subthreshold depression (23%), and many in the depressed groups reported recent treatment (50% and 31%, respectively). Parents with any depression were significantly more likely than nondepressed parents to report interest in receiving help, endorse treatment obstacles, and report children's problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High rates of personal and child problems, interest in treatment, and treatment obstacles among low-income, depressed parents highlight the need to develop acceptable mental health services for them and their children, even when parents do not meet full diagnostic criteria for depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. vidairh@childpsych.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Hilary B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Vidair
authors.forename: Angelo S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boccia
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verdeli
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wickramaratne
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Klink
authors.forename: Anita M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Softness
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dominguez-Rafer
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Younge
authors.forename: Myrna M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Weissman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011203:Poverty; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult