Parents Of Children With Medical Complexity May Be Five Times More Likely To Have Poor Or Fair Mental Health, Study Suggests

“Parents of kids with medical complexity face challenges other parents don’t,” the Washington Post (7/3, Blakemore) reported. But “how is their mental health compared to their counterparts whose children don’t face problems such as chronic diseases, developmental disabilities or congenital disorders?” A new large study published in the July issue of Pediatrics indicates that “parents of children with medical complexity are up to five times likelier to have poor or fair mental health – and that many don’t know how to get support.”

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