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. 2022 Sep 15;17(9):e0274135. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274135

Table 1. Effects of child mental disorders on their siblings.

Author Year of publication Sample size Child mental disorder Age/birth ordera Sex/gender Familial factorsb Child mental disorder characteristicsc Sibling outcome
Child with mental disorder Sibling Child with mental disorder Sibling

aIs the healthy sibling older or younger than the child with the mental disorder.

b Examples include the number of children in the family, two-parent vs. single-parent, parent mental disorders, socioeconomic status.

c Examples include behavioural meltdowns, aggression, depressive episodes.