Depressed Parents' Treatment Needs and Children's Problems in an Urban Family Medicine Practice

作者：Vidair Hilary B^*; Boccia Angelo S; Johnson Jeffrey G; Verdeli Helen; Wickramaratne Priya; Klink Kathleen A; Softness Anita M; Dominguez Rafer Carmen; Younge Richard G; Weissman Myrna M

来源：Psychiatric Services, 2011, 62(3): 317-321.

DOI：10.1176/appi.ps.62.3.317

Objective: The study examined interest in treatment and treatment preferences and obstacles of low-income depressed parents. Methods: A total of 273 primarily low-income, Hispanic parents of children aged seven to 17 attending an urban family medicine practice agreed to complete a survey by interview or self-report, including screening diagnoses and treatment history. Three groups were compared: major, subthreshold, and no depression. Results: Nearly one-third had major (9%) or subthreshold depression (23%), and many in the depressed groups reported recent treatment (50% and 31%, respectively). Parents with any depression were significantly more likely than nondepressed parents to report interest in receiving help, endorse treatment obstacles, and report children's problems. Conclusions: High rates of personal and child problems, interest in treatment, and treatment obstacles among low-income, depressed parents highlight the need to develop acceptable mental health services for them and their children, even when parents do not meet full diagnostic criteria for depression. (Psychiatric Services 62:317-321, 2011)

• 出版日期2011-3
• 单位南宁师范大学