Table 5 Frequency of psychiatric disorders in parents of children with nail biting
Disorder | Father (N = 37) | Mother (N = 58) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | % | n | % |
Major depressive disorder | 13 | 35.1 | 27 | 46.6 |
Bipolar mood disorder | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 3.4 |
Generalized anxiety disorder | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.2 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.2 |
Tic disorder | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Nail biting | 3 | 8.1 | 8 | 13.8 |
Post traumatic disorder | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Pervasive developmental disorder | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Mother with at least one the above psychiatric disorder | - | - | 33 | 56.8 |
Father with at least one the above psychiatric disorder | 17 | 45.9 | - | - |