Parental mental illness and eating disorders in offspring

ABSTRACT Objective To investigate which parental mental illnesses are associated with eating disorders in their offspring. Method We used data from a record‐linkage cohort study of 158,679 children aged 12–24 years at the end of follow‐up, resident in Stockholm County from 2001 to 2007, to investiga...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 2015-05, Vol.48 (4), p.383-391
Main Authors: Bould, Helen, Koupil, Ilona, Dalman, Christina, DeStavola, Bianca, Lewis, Glyn, Magnusson, Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
anorexia nervosa
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
bulimia nervosa
Child
Child of Impaired Parents - psychology
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Cohort Studies
Depressive Disorder
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Eating disorders
EDNOS
Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology
Feeding and Eating Disorders - psychology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Mental disorders
mental illness
parent
Parent-Child Relations
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Personality Disorders
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Sweden - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective To investigate which parental mental illnesses are associated with eating disorders in their offspring. Method We used data from a record‐linkage cohort study of 158,679 children aged 12–24 years at the end of follow‐up, resident in Stockholm County from 2001 to 2007, to investigate whether different parental mental illnesses are risk factors for eating disorders in their offspring. The outcome measure was diagnosis of any eating disorder, either from an ICD or DSM‐IV code, or inferred from an appointment at a specialist eating disorder clinic. Results Mental illness in parents is a risk factor for eating disorders in female offspring (Adjusted Hazard Ratio (AHR) 1.57 (95% CI 1.42, 1.92), p 
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/eat.22325