Psychiatric morbidity in parents of children with behavioral problems attending child guidance clinic

Background: Intellectual disability is a permanent disabling condition, and caregivers are more vulnerable to develop mental illness. There is little data in developing countries, such as India, concerning about psychological issues in caregivers of intellectually disabled children. Objective: The objective of this study was to find the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and correlation between sociodemographic factors and psychiatric morbidity in parents of children with intellectual disability. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out among 60 parents of children with intellectual disability at the outpatient Department of Psychiatry, Tertiary Care Centre, India. Parents, who fulfill the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study, were interviewed by using semi-structured pro forma, International Disease Classification-10 criteria for mental illness, Beck Depression Inventory and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, and Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test. Results: The prevalence of depressive disorder was 28.33%, anxiety disorder was 18.33%, and other psychiatric disorders was 8.33% (psychotic disorder 3.33%, insomnia 1.66%, and alcohol use disorder 3.33%) and total psychiatric morbidity was about 55% in parents of children with intellectual disability. Conclusion: The study shows high psychiatric morbidity in parents of children with intellectual disability, and psychiatric screening should be considered among parents of children with intellectual disability.

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“…Earlier studies conclude that the parents of children with behavioral problems have a high rate of psychiatric morbidity. [222324]…”

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Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among parents of children with intellectual disability

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“…A similar pattern of disorders in children was documented by various authors in their studies. [ 12 14 15 ]…”

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“…A similar finding was seen in a study done by Babu and Eliza, in which depression and anxiety disorders were major morbidities suffered by mothers with psychiatric children. [ 14 ] It was also seen that mothers whose children were diagnosed with MR and ASD had dysthymia and depression, whereas those with children having ADHD and substance use disorders had GAD and panic disorders.…”

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Comparison of maternal stress and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children having psychiatric disorders and those of typically developing children

Mahatme

Kakunje

Karkal

2020

Indian J Psychiatry

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Introduction: Motherhood is regarded to be stressful, but when the child has a psychiatric illness, the mother is affected more than the father since she is the primary caregiver. She gets affected not only emotionally but also psychologically. Increasing severity of stress in mothers may lead to negative outcome on a child's care. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the stress levels in mothers of children diagnosed with psychiatric disorder and to study the association between children having a psychiatric disorder and the psychiatric morbidity in their mothers. Materials and Methods: This was a case–control study with a total of 150 participants, in which 75 consecutive mothers of children were diagnosed with any psychiatric illness using ICD-10 criteria and compared to 75 mothers of typically developing children. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. The Parental Stress Scale and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview-Plus questionnaire were used for assessments. Results: The study showed statistically significant stress scores (49.54) in mothers having children diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses as compared to scores (30.98) in mothers of normally developing children. Psychiatric morbidity in cases ( n = 58; 77.3%) was statistically significant as compared to controls ( n = 23; 30.6%). Depression and anxiety were among the most common psychiatric morbidities evaluated, and the highest was for mothers having children with severe mental retardation. Conclusion: In all children with psychiatric disorders, mothers have to be screened for psychiatric morbidity to prevent, detect, and manage it at the earliest.

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Psychiatric morbidity in parents of children with behavioral problems attending child guidance clinic

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Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among parents of children with intellectual disability

Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among parents of children with intellectual disability

Comparison of maternal stress and psychiatric morbidity among mothers of children having psychiatric disorders and those of typically developing children

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