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Characteristics of Parents of Disturbed Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Sula Wolff  and
Wendy P. Acton
Sula Wolff
Affiliation:
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Wendy P. Acton
Affiliation:
Young People's Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital
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Several recent investigations have focused on the relationship between parental ill health and childhood behaviour disorders.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 510 , May 1968 , pp. 593 - 601
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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