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- Title
Children of Depressed Parents--A Public Health Opportunity.
- Authors
Weissman, Myrna M.
- Abstract
The author reflects on the public health implications of children of depressed parents who appeared to have considerable emotional and functional problems like anxiety and depression. She explores a study by Shen and colleagues published within the March 2016 issue of the journal "JAMA Psychiatry," which concludes the potential effect of the diagnoses of parental depression on their children, highlighting the public health opportunity of access to treatments to improve their lives.
- Subjects
PUBLIC health; CHILDREN of depressed persons; ANXIETY in children; DEPRESSION in parents; QUALITY of life; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
JAMA Psychiatry, 2016, Vol 73, Issue 3, p197
- ISSN
2168-622X
- Publication type
commentary
- DOI
10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2967