Thought you might be interested Thursday: Parental depression and kids' health care

Reuters' Lisa Rapaport identifies the most salient findings of a UK study on child health in Depressed parents may take kids to the doctor more often. She writes,

When parents are depressed, kids are 41 percent more likely to visit the emergency room, 47 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital and 67 percent more likely to have outpatient clinic visits than when parents aren't depressed, researchers found.

The researchers did not investigate the depression itself as a cause or result of this medical seeking behavior.

It's an interesting read with myriad implications for further research and practice.