Original Article: Frequency of Parental Psychopathology in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity

Abstract: Parental mental health concerns place children at a significantly greater risk of lower social, psychological and physical health than children in families not affected by mental illness. Several studies have examined the extent to which psy-chopathology in children are closely related to parental sub-stance use disorders or to other mental disorders. This study in-tended to investigate the frequency of occurrence of parental psychopathology in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactiv-ity Disorder and compare the characteristics of children with and without parental psychopathology. Fifty children between 7-14 years of either sex fulfilling the ICD-10 criteria for ADHD comprised the sample of this study.It would be a chart review of in-patients and out-patients who have consulted at Kasturba Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Manipal over a two year period. Parents diagnosed with Substance Use Disorders (SUD