The role of parent and offspring sex on risk for externalizing psychopathology in offspring with parental alcohol use disorder: a national Swedish study

ConclusionsOffspring of parents with AUD are at increased risk for externalizing psychopathology. Maternal and paternal AUD differentially affected sons’ vs. daughters’ risks for AUD, drug abuse, and criminal behavior. The transmission of psychopathology within the externalizing spectrum appears to have sex-specific elements.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00127-018-1563-5

Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - July 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research