Hospitalization for mental illness among parents after the death of a child.
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Follow-Up Studies; Middle Aged; Death; Longitudinal Studies; Sex Factors; Life Change Events; Hospitals; Risk; Regression Analysis; Registries; Preschool; Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support; bereavement; infant; Comparative Study; Parents/psychology; Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data; Mental Disorders/epidemiology; Mood Disorders/epidemiology; Psychiatric; Schizophrenia/epidemiology
BACKGROUND: The loss of a child is considered one of the most stressful events in the life of a parent. We hypothesized that parental bereavement increases the risk of hospital admission for a psychiatric disorder, especially for affective disorders. METHODS: We studied a cohort of 1,082,503 persons identified from national registers in Denmark who were born between 1952 and 1999 and had at least one child under 18 years of age during the follow-up period, from 1970 to 1999. Parents who lost a child during follow-up were categorized as "bereaved" from the date of death of the child. RESULTS: As compared with parents who did not lose a child, parents who lost a child had an overall relative risk of a first psychiatric hospitalization for any disorder of 1.67 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.53 to 1.83). Bereaved mothers had a higher relative risk of being hospitalized for any psychiatric disorder than bereaved fathers (relative risks, 1.78 [95 percent confidence interval, 1.60 to 1.98] and 1.38 [95 percent confidence interval, 1.17 to 1.63], respectively; P value for interaction, 0.01). The relative risks of hospitalization specifically for affective disorders were 1.91 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.59 to 2.30) and 1.61 (95 percent confidence interval, 1.15 to 2.27) for bereaved mothers and fathers, respectively. Among mothers, the relative risk of being hospitalized for any psychiatric disorder was highest during the first year after the death of the child but remained significantly elevated five years or more after the death. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of psychiatric hospitalization was increased among parents, especially mothers, who lost a child.
2005
Li J; Laursen TM; Precht DH; Olsen J; Mortensen PB
The New England Journal Of Medicine
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa033160" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1056/NEJMoa033160</a>
Sex, drugs and chronic illness: health behaviours among chronically ill youth
Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Questionnaires; Adolescent Behavior; adolescent; Adolescent Transitions; Risk-Taking; Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology; Chronic Disease/psychology; Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data; Spain/epidemiology
BACKGROUND: A growing body of literature indicates that adolescents with chronic conditions are as likely, or more likely, to take risky behaviours than their healthy peers. The objective of this research was to assess whether adolescents with chronic illness in Catalonia differ from their healthy peers in risk-taking behaviour. METHODS: Data were drawn from the Catalonia Adolescent Health database, a survey including a random school-based sample of 6952 young people, aged 14-19 years. The index group (IG) included 665 adolescents (450 females) reporting several chronic conditions. The comparison group (CG) comprised 6287 healthy adolescents (3306 females). Personal, family and school-related variables were analysed to ensure comparability between groups. Sexual behaviour, drug use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and synthetic drugs) and perception of drug use among peers and in school were compared. Analysis was carried out separately by gender. chi-square, Fisher's and Student's tests were used to compare categorical and continuous variables. RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic conditions was 9.6%, with females showing a higher prevalence than males. The IG showed similar or higher rates of sexual intercourse and risky sexual behaviour. For most studied drugs, IG males reported slightly lower rates of use than CG males, while IG females showed higher rates for every drug studied. No differences were found in the perceptions of drug use among peers or in their school. CONCLUSIONS: Similar to previous research, chronically ill adolescents in our sample are as likely, or more likely, to take risky behaviours than their healthy counterparts and should receive the same anticipatory guidance.
2005
Suris JC; Parera N
European Journal Of Public Health
2005
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Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1093/eurpub/cki001</a>
Protecting adolescents from harm. Findings from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health
Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Pregnancy; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health; Multivariate Analysis; Adolescent Behavior; Regression Analysis; Health Behavior; adolescent; Adolescent Transitions; Risk-Taking; Health Surveys; Pregnancy in Adolescence; Sexuality; Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology; United States/epidemiology; Violence/statistics & numerical data
CONTEXT: The main threats to adolescents' health are the risk behaviors they choose. How their social context shapes their behaviors is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To identify risk and protective factors at the family, school, and individual levels as they relate to 4 domains of adolescent health and morbidity: emotional health, violence, substance use, and sexuality. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of interview data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 12118 adolescents in grades 7 through 12 drawn from an initial national school survey of 90118 adolescents from 80 high schools plus their feeder middle schools. SETTING: The interview was completed in the subject's home. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Eight areas were assessed: emotional distress; suicidal thoughts and behaviors; violence; use of 3 substances (cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana); and 2 types of sexual behaviors (age of sexual debut and pregnancy history). Independent variables included measures of family context, school context, and individual characteristics. RESULTS: Parent-family connectedness and perceived school connectedness were protective against every health risk behavior measure except history of pregnancy. Conversely, ease of access to guns at home was associated with suicidality (grades 9-12: P
1997
Resnick MD; Bearman PS; Blum RW; Bauman KE; Harris KM; Jones J; Tabor J; Beuhring T; Sieving RE; Shew M; Ireland M; Bearinger LH; Udry JR
Jama
1997
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1997.03550100049038" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1001/jama.1997.03550100049038</a>