The well-being of children at familial risk of severe mental illness: an overlooked yet crucial prevention and early intervention opportunity

A Duffy, SM Goodday, H Christiansen, G Patton… - Nature Mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Children of people with severe mental illness are a largely neglected, yet identifiable,
population at biopsychosocial risk for reduced well-being and poor mental health. Outside of …

Family dysfunction, stressful life events, and mental health problems across development in the offspring of parents with an affective disorder

T Resendes, MA Ellenbogen… - Journal of Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Offspring of parents with affective disorders (OAD) are at risk of developing a
wide range of mental disorders. Deficits in the rearing environment and high levels of stress …

The Mood and Resilience in Offspring (MARIO) project: a longitudinal cohort study among offspring of parents with and without a mood disorder

A Vreeker, M Horsfall, M Eikelenboom, A Beerthuizen… - BMC psychiatry, 2024 - Springer
Background One of the most robust risk factors for developing a mood disorder is having a
parent with a mood disorder. Unfortunately, mechanisms explaining the transmission of …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for mood disorders among offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: Findings from a discordant-sibling study

F Di Giacomo, MPF Strippoli, E Castelao… - Psychiatry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this naturalistic, prospective study was to identify risk factors for mood
disorders in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BPD) using the discordant-sibling …