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The effect of maternal psychotic illness on a child
A J Mander1, B Norton, P Hoare
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
We report the case of an 11-year-old girl who had been living with only her mother, a woman with chronic schizophrenia. The girl had been caught shoplifting with her mother, and had a long history of non-attendance at school. The case emphasises that adult psychiatrists should always consider the impact of chronic parental psychiatric disorder on children, particularly in one-parent families.