Impact of a handicapped child on mental health of parents.
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چکیده
In a cross sectional study the mental health of parents of physically and mentally handicapped preschool children was compared with that of parents of healthy preschool children. The social networks of the parents with handicapped children were also studied to determine factors that might influence psychiatric morbidity. The mothers of the handicapped children showed significantly more psychiatric morbidity than the control mothers, but the fathers did not show the same deleterious effect on mental health.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 293 6559 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986