Parental addictions linked to adult children's depression

Chris Engel 5/9/136:23 PM

"The offspring of parents who were addicted to drugs or alcohol are more likely to be depressed in adulthood, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
"Even after adjusting for factors ranging from childhood maltreatment and parental unemployment to adult health behaviours including smoking and alcohol consumption, we found that parental addictions were associated with 69 per cent higher odds of depression in adulthood" explains Fuller-Thomson...."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-parental-addictions-linked-adult-children.html

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