Prevalence of maternal mental illness among children and adolescents in the UK between 2005 and 2017: a national retrospective cohort analysis

• Main Authors: Kathryn M Abel, ProfMD (Author), Holly Hope, PhD (Author), Eleanor Swift, MBBS (Author), Rosa Parisi, PhD (Author), Darren M Ashcroft, ProfPhD (Author), Kyriaki Kosidou, MD (Author), Cemre Su Osam, MSc (Author), Christina Dalman, ProfMD (Author), Matthias Pierce, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: Little information exists about the prevalence of children exposed to maternal mental illness. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of children and adolescents exposed to maternal mental illness in the UK between 2005 and 2017 using primary care data. Methods: In this national re...