Abstract
Mental disorders in offspring of parents who have been homeless
Highlights
Homelessness is a pressing public health and humanitarian problem, which has probably worsened in many developed countries in the wake of austerity policies implemented after the global financial crisis of 2007–08.1 The residents of many large cities have sadly become accustomed to seeing homeless people sleeping in doorways or begging for change in their streets
A register of individuals in contact with homeless services provided data on parental history of homelessness, and data on mental disorders in parents and their offspring was obtained from a psychiatric case register covering the population of Denmark
Nilsson and colleagues found that children born to a parent with a history of homelessness were more likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis (IRR 2∙5 [95% CI 2∙3–2∙7] for homeless mother, 2∙3 [2∙2−2∙5] for homeless father, and 2∙8 [2∙4−3·2] for two homeless parents) than children of parents without such a history
Summary
Homelessness is a pressing public health and humanitarian problem, which has probably worsened in many developed countries in the wake of austerity policies implemented after the global financial crisis of 2007–08.1 The residents of many large cities have sadly become accustomed to seeing homeless people sleeping in doorways or begging for change in their streets. Homeless people can be parents and, as Sandra Feodor Nilsson and colleagues[2] report in The Lancet Public Health, a parental history of homelessness is a risk factor for poor mental health in children. A register of individuals in contact with homeless services provided data on parental history of homelessness, and data on mental disorders in parents and their offspring was obtained from a psychiatric case register covering the population of Denmark.
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