Prévalence de la psychopathologie chez les enfants de parents atteints de maladie mentale et/ou d'addiction

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Les enfants de parents avec une maladie mentale et / ou toxicomanes courent un risque élevé de développer eux-mêmes une maladie mentale.

Dans le monde, 15-23% des enfants vivent avec un parent atteint d'une maladie mentale. Ces enfants ont jusqu'à 50% de chances de développer une maladie mentale. Le trouble d'anxiété parentale confère aux enfants un risque plus spécifique de développer un trouble anxieux eux-mêmes, où les enfants de parents ayant d'autres maladies mentales courent un risque élevé d'une grande variété de maladies mentales. Bien que les interventions préventives chez les enfants de parents atteints de maladie mentale puissent réduire de 40% le risque de développement de problèmes, ces enfants ne sont actuellement pas identifiés automatiquement ou ne se voient pas proposer d'aide.  

Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2017 Apr 22. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000341.

Prevalence of psychopathology in children of parents with mental illness and/or addiction: an up to date narrative review

Leijdesdorff S¹, van Doesum K, Popma A, Klaassen R, van Amelsvoort T.

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aDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht bMindfit, Zwolle cDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Duivendrecht dDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW:

Children of parents with a mental illness and/or addiction are at high risk for developing a mental illness themselves. Parental mental illness is highly prevalent leading to a serious number of children at high risk. The aim of this review is to give an up-to-date overview of psychopathology in children of parents with various mental illnesses and/or addiction, based on recent literature.

RECENT FINDINGS:

Worldwide, 15-23% of children live with a parent with a mental illness. These children have up to 50% chance of developing a mental illness. Parental anxiety disorder sets children at a more specific risk for developing anxiety disorder themselves, where children of parents with other mental illnesses are at high risk of a large variety of mental illnesses. Although preventive interventions in children of mentally ill parents may decrease the risk of problem development by 40%; currently, these children are not automatically identified and offered help.

SUMMARY:

This knowledge should encourage mental health services to address the needs of these children which requires strong collaboration between Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and Adult Mental Health Services. Directions for further research would be to include both parents, allow for comorbidity and to look deeper into a broader variety of mental illnesses such as autism and personality disorder other than borderline.

PMID: 28441171

DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000341