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Characteristics of Parents of Disturbed Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Sula Wolff
Affiliation:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Wendy P. Acton
Affiliation:
Young People's Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

Extract

Several recent investigations have focused on the relationship between parental ill health and childhood behaviour disorders.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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