?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Frequency+of+Parental+Psychopathology+in+Children+with+Attention+Deficit+Hyperactivity+Disorder&rft.creator=Latha%2C+KS&rft.creator=Nair%2C+RB&rft.creator=Bhat%2C+SM&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Parental+mental+health+concerns+place+children+at+a+significantly+greater+risk+of+lower+social%2C+psychological+and+physical+health+than+children+in+families+not+affected+by+mental+illness.+Several+studies+have+examined+the+extent+to+which+psychopathology+in+children+are+closely+related+to+parental+substance+use+disorders+or+to+other+mental+disorders.+This+study+intended+to+investigate+the+frequency+of+occurrence+of+parental+psychopathology+in+children+with+Attention+Deficit%2FHyperactivity+Disorder+and+compare+the+characteristics+of+children+with+and+without+parental+psychopathology.+Fifty+children+between+7-14+years+of+either+sex+fulfilling+the+ICD-10+criteria+for+ADHD+comprised+the+sample+of+this+study.It+would+be+a+chart+review+of+in-patients+and+out-patients+who+have+consulted+at+Kasturba+Hospital%2C+Department+of+Psychiatry%2C+Manipal+over+a+two+year+period.+Parents+diagnosed+with+Substance+Use+Disorders+(SUD)+and+other+psychiatric+morbidity+according+to+ICD-10+was+compared+with+those+parents+without+any+psychiatric+illness+on+various+Sociodemographic%2C+clinical+characteristics.+Most+of+the+parents+were+in+the+second+or+third+decade+of+their+life.+Of+the+fifty+patients+41(82%25)+were+males+and+9+(18%25)+were+females.+In+36(87.0+%25)+of+the+fathers+had+a+history+of+substance+use+disorder+and+5(13.0+%25)+it+was+absent.+Other+morbidities+were+also+present+in+both+parents.+The+findings+are+discussed+in+light+of+the+implications.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8872%2F1%2F2012-1-7.pdf&rft.identifier=++Latha%2C+KS+and+Nair%2C+RB+and+Bhat%2C+SM++(2012)+Frequency+of+Parental+Psychopathology+in+Children+with+Attention+Deficit+Hyperactivity+Disorder.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8872%2F