Assessing for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Parents of Clinically-Referred Children: Laying the Foundation for a Family-Based Approach to Mental Health in Singapore.

CONCLUSION: Our findings are consistent with previous overseas studies showing elevated rates of affective disorders among parents - particularly mothers - of children seeking outpatient psychiatric care. Routine screening in this population may help to close the current treatment gap for adults with mood and anxiety disorders.
PMID: 30926977 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - January 31, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sung SC, Tng HY, Wong ZJ, Tan YL, Tan YR, Choong SF, Chin CH, Jang LY, Kwan CH, Ong SH, Hudziak JJ, Meaney MJ, Fung DS Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research