A child's grades in school might suffer if a parent is suffering from depression, according to a new study.
Researchers found that Swedish teens received lower grades during their final year in school if either of their parents had previously been diagnosed with depression.
The difference in grades was noticeable but not huge, said senior author Brian Lee, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health in Philadelphia.
"It's not an entire letter grade drop, but at the same time it might be the difference between a student passing or failing," Lee said.
[For more of this story, written by Dennis Thompson, go to http://consumer.healthday.com/...dy-finds-707684.html]
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