The Effects of Childhood Parental Death and Divorce on Six-Month History of Anxiety Disorders

Abstract


Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) data were used to examine the relationships between: (a) early childhood maternal death, paternal death, and parental separation/divorce, and (b) six-month DIS/DSM-III diagnoses of agoraphobia with and without panic attacks, simple phobia, social phobia, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Associations were found between: (a) maternal death and agoraphobia with panic attacks, and (b) parental separation/divorce and agoraphobia with panic attacks and panic disorder. The associations could not be explained by the effects of potentially confounding socio-demographic factors.



J. Lindsey Tweed Victor J. Schoenbach Linda K. George Dan G. | source: The British Journal of Psychiatry 158 |
Categories: Psychology Sociology


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