Accepted Manuscript Mental health and parenting characteristics of caregivers of children with spina bifida Elizabeth Malm-Buatsi, Christopher E. Aston, Jamie Ryan, Y. Tao, Blake W. Palmer, Bradley P. Kropp, Jake Klein, Amy B. Wisniewski, Dominic Frimberger PII: S1477-5131(15)00008-X DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.09.009 Reference: JPUROL 1813 To appear in: Journal of Pediatric Urology Received Date: 17 June 2014 Accepted Date: 4 September 2014 Please cite this article as: Malm-Buatsi E, Aston CE, Ryan J, Tao Y, Palmer BW, Kropp BP, Klein J, Wisniewski AB, Frimberger D, Mental health and parenting characteristics of caregivers of children with spina bifida, Journal of Pediatric Urology (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.09.009. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.