Psychopathological Disorders in the Mother

Psychiatric Disorders in the Mothers of Disturbed Children

“…Comparison with the two similar studies mentioned (Huschka, 1941;Rutter, 1966) shows that the sample described here contained even more maternal morbidity. Rutter's criterion for the inclusion of cases as having parental psychiatric ill-health was similar to that used here for inclusion in maternal group III; namely, a history of psychiatric consultation.…”

“…Ingham (1949) found that 50 per cent of neurotic college students had mental disorder in their family backgrounds. Huschka (1941) described 203 (41-6 per cent) mothers of 488 problem children as suffering from psychopathological conditions. Thirty of them required treatment in the adult psychiatric department.…”

Social and Family Background of Pre‐school Children With Behaviour Disorders Attending a Child Guidance Clinic*

“…A high incidence of psychiatric disturbance among parents of children attending a child guidance clinic has been reported also by Huschka (1941). She investigated psychopathological disorders in mothers of a group of children attending a New York child guidance clinic.…”

A Reliability Study of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Childhood and Adolescence

“…There are several reasons why child psychiatrists have failed to agree even for a short period on a common classification. Huschka (1941) stated that it tends to obscure individual difference and prevents a more penetrating understanding of disorder. Szurek (1956) considered classification was unnecessary in distinguishing between different psychiatric categories.…”