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Anxiety and Depression in Mothers of Children with Psychotic Disorders and Mental Retardation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brita Ryde-Brandt
Brita Ryde-Brandt*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Lund University, Paradisgatan 5P, S-223 50 Lund, Sweden; and Malmöhus County Council
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Abstract

Using the HAD scale, anxiety and depression were assessed in 18 mothers of mentally retarded psychotic children and a comparative group of 18 mothers of children with motor handicaps. Anxiety and depression scores were significantly higher among the mothers of the psychotic children, although no definite signs of depression were recorded.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 118 - 121
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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