Parental mental illness and their offspring’s mental health in Rwanda: neuropsychiatric hospital of Rwanda

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Correlations between symptoms in the offspring

Health problems and mental disorders	Psychometric measures
Health problems and mental disorders	HRSD (depression)	PTSD
Anxiety disorder	r = 0.71, p < 0. 01**	r = 0.2, p = 0.091
Mental disorders induced drug abuse	r = 0.72, p < 0. 01**	r = 0.19, p = 0. 187
Schizophrenia	r = 0.99, p < 0. 01**	r = 0.31, p = 0.006*
Eating disorders	r = 0.26, p = 0.019*	r = 0.76, p < 0.01**
Somatoform disorder	r = 0.25, p = 0.028*	r = 0.99, p < 0.01**

PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; HRSD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale
^*Statistical significance at p < 0.05; ** High statistical significance level at p < 0.001

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