@article{ref1,
title="Parental death due to natural death causes during childhood abbreviates the time to a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder in the offspring: a follow-up study",
journal="Death studies",
year="2022",
author="Haapea, Marianne and Nordström, Tanja and Räsänen, Sami and Miettunen, Jouko and Niemelä, Mika",
volume="46",
number="1",
pages="168-177",
abstract="Parental death before adulthood has been shown to increase offspring's risk of poor health and adverse social consequences. In a sample of 422 subjects with parental death (334 (79.1%) due to natural causes), and 6172 matched controls, those with parental death were given a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder up to 28 years of age earlier than their controls (10-year survival proportions: 88.6% vs. 93.1%, <i>p</i> = 0.001). Our findings indicate that psychosocial support must be provided as early as when a parent falls ill, especially with those illnesses that are the most common causes of death in the population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="10.1080/07481187.2020.1725928",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1725928"
}