父親抑鬱易導致孩子情感與言行問題

A study published today shows that children who live with a father who has mental health problems and depression have higher rates of behavioural and emotional problems themselves.

The study authors looked at a nationally representative sample of almost 22,000 children over four years.

The team, led by Dr Michael Weitzman at NYU's Langone Medical Center, found that 11 per cent of children with depressed fathers had behavioural and emotional problems.

For children without depressed parents, the figure was just six per cent, while for a child of a depressed mother, the number was 19 per cent.

It is believed that a parents' depression affects the way he or she interacts with a child, in turn contributing to a child's behaviour.

Indeed, at 25 per cent, the figures spiked for children or two depressed parents.

Speaking about the results, Dr Weitzman told Good Morning America that the study is 'remarkable' because it is the first of its kind.

“ I think fathers are underrecognized in terms of the impact they have in families and in children's lives,” he explained. “It behooves us to try and devise clinical services that would identify fathers that are depressed and figure out ways to link them to services.”據英國《每日郵報》11月7日報道，7日發表的一項研究表明，與心裏不健康和患有抑鬱症的父親生活在一起的兒童，出現行爲和情感問題的機率會更高。

該研究的發起者在過去四年間觀察了全國有代表性的近22，000名兒童的樣本。

由紐約大學朗格醫學中心的邁克爾-威茲曼醫生帶領的研究小組發現，有11%父親患有抑鬱症的兒童，出現了行爲偏差和情感問題。

對於父母未患抑鬱症的兒童，該數據(指出現行爲偏差和情感問題)僅佔6%。同時，對於母親患有抑鬱症的兒童，則佔19%。

研究認爲，父母一方患有抑鬱症會影響其與孩子間的互動，轉而影響了孩子的言行。

實際上，當父母雙方都患有抑鬱症時，孩子出現行爲和情感問題的機率會上升至25%。

在談及結果時，威茲曼醫生告訴《早安美國》的記者說該研究是與衆不同的，因爲它是同類型研究中的首例。

他解釋道：“我認爲父親對於家庭和孩子生活的影響還未被公衆意識到，我們理應嘗試和設計臨牀服務來確診患有抑鬱症的父親，併爲他們設計出相關醫療服務。”