Effects of parental mental illness on children's physical health: systematic review and meta-analysis

Children of parents with mental disorder face multiple challenges. To summarise evidence about parental mental disorder and child physical health. We searched seven databases for cohort or case-control studies quantifying associations between parental mental disorders (substance use, psychotic, mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, post-traumatic stress and eating) and offspring physical health. Studies were excluded if: they reported perinatal outcomes only (