Infants as young as 3 months are able to detect depression in their mothers. Depressed mothers are sufficiently different from nondepressed mothers in affect and interaction that the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of their infants are compromised. This article reviews current findings on the effects of maternal depression and psychiatric illness on infants. Pediatrics 1998;102:129...

This study explored the role of the personality dimensions of Dependency and Self-Criticism in the relationship between postpartum depression and anger. Self-reported state and trait anger, anger directed towards the self and others, and the control of anger were compared between inpatient postpartum depressed mothers (n = 55) and non-depressed mothers in the postpartum period (n = 244), and as...

Recent research has implicated altered neural response to interpersonal feedback as an important factor in adolescent depression, with existing studies focusing on responses to feedback from virtual peers. We investigated whether depressed adolescents differed from healthy youth in neural response to social evaluative feedback from mothers. During neuroimaging, twenty adolescents in a current e...

BACKGROUND There are limited data on the parenting stress (PS) levels in sub-Saharan African mothers and on the association between ante- and postnatal depression and anxiety on PS. METHODS A longitudinal birth cohort of 577 women from Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire was followed from the 3rd trimester in pregnancy to 2 years postpartum between 2010 and 2013. Depression and anxiety were assessed by t...

The primary aim of the current study was to examine whether physiological reactivity to depression-relevant stimuli, measured via pupil dilation, serves as a biomarker of depression risk among children of depressed mothers. Participants included 47 mother-child dyads. All mothers had a history of major depressive disorder. Pupil dilation was recorded while children viewed angry, happy, and sad ...

BACKGROUND High rates of depression associated with childbirth have been reported in many parts of the developing world. However, the prevalence and associations of antenatal and post-natal depression in the rural population remain unknown. Disability associated with depression and its impact on infant health and development could have important public health implications for many developing co...

Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of motor disability in children with worldwide having incidence 2 per 1000 live births. Children CP have disability, decreased ability to walk, poor feeding and limited exposure sunlight. Malnutrition, behavior challenges deficits are causes depression their mothers. Aim: The present study focused estimate severity mothers, looking after ...

Adolescent mothers and their children are at risk for a myriad of negative outcomes. This study examined risk and protective factors and their impact on a sample (N=172) of impoverished adolescent mothers. Multiple regression analyses revealed that depressed adolescent mothers report higher levels of parenting stress, and that their children are more at risk for maltreatment and are development...