Depression during gestation in adolescent mothers interferes with neonatal neurobehavior

Depression during gestation in adolescent mothers interferes with neonatal neurobehavior.

OBJECTIVE To compare the neurobehavior of neonates born to adolescent mothers with and without depression during gestation. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study included healthy term neonates born to adolescent mothers with untreated depression during gestation, without exposure to legal or illicit drugs, and compared them with infants born to adolescent mothers without psychiatric ...

Neurobehavior of full-term small for gestational age newborn infants of adolescent mothers.

OBJECTIVE To compare the neurobehavior of small (SGA) and adequate (AGA) for gestational age full-term neonates born to adolescent mothers. METHODS This prospective cross-sectional study included full-term newborn infants aged 24-72 hours, free from central nervous system malformations and born to adolescent mothers at a single center in Brazil. Infants were assessed with the Neonatal Intensi...

Anxiety and depression in mothers of preterm infants and psychological intervention during hospitalization in neonatal ICU.

The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare symptoms of anxiety and depression before and after psychological intervention in mothers of babies born preterm with very low birth weight, hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Fifty nine mothers, without psychiatric antecedents, were distributed into two groups according to the type of psychological intervention received. Gr...

Continuity between fetal and neonatal neurobehavior.

The human brain is very sensitive to environmental changes affecting its growth and development. Environmental changes influence neonatal behavior after birth, enabling continuity between prenatal and postnatal behavior, but postnatal adaptation could be considered as discontinuity. Thus there is the question of environmental discontinuity between intrauterine conditions characterized by existe...

Bisphenol A and Infant Neonatal Neurobehavior