Explores the level of knowledge regarding the processes by which a number of parental disorders influence the developmental outcomes of children. This volume addresses the topic of the effects of parental behavioral and emotional disorders on children.

List of Contributors. Preface. Conceptual Overview. 1. The role of endogenous and exogenous risk factors in the genesis of schizophrenia; E.F. Walker. 2. Familial factors and substance use disorders; K.R. Merikangas. Parental disorders. 3. A longitudinal study of aggressive and withdrawn children into adulthood: Patterns of parenting and risk to offspring; L.A. Serbin, et al. 4. Preventing depression in children through resiliency promotion: The Preventive Intervention Project; W.R. Beardslee, et al. 5. Learning and intimacy in the families of anxious children; M.R. Dadds. 6. Understanding the association between parent and child antisocial behavior; P.J. Frick, B.R. Loney. 7. Growing up in an alcoholic family: Structuring pathways for risk aggregation and theory-driven intervention; H.E. Fitzgerald, et al. 8. Helping children with fetal alcohol syndrome and related conditions: A clinician''s overview; H. Carmichael Olson. 9. Children of substance abusing parents: Current findings from the Focus on Families Project; R.F. Catalano, et al. 10. Children of parents with intellectual disabilities; M.A. Feldman. Index.