BACKGROUND Postpartum depression causes harm to both mothers and infants. The purpose of this study was to find out several potential risk factors, and to identify the intrinsic interrelationships between factors and postpartum depression by constructing a path model. The results of this study may help to control the increasing incidence of maternal postpartum depression. METHODS The study wa...

BACKGROUND Little is currently known about how maternal depression symptoms and unhealthy nutrition during pregnancy may developmentally interrelate to negatively affect child cognitive function. AIMS To test whether prenatal maternal depression symptoms predict poor prenatal nutrition, and whether this in turn prospectively associates with reduced postnatal child cognitive function. METHOD...

Background: Depression is a common mental disorder with disabilities and mortalities burden. Maternal stress during pregnancy has strong correlation the depression of children event in their adulthood phase. Abundant maternal cortisol transfer to fetus generates blunted hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis response. Objective: To understand mechanism targeting DNA methylation on transgenerationa...

Depression has been shown to affect the functioning, educational attainment and work-related outcomes of adults affected by the disease. Clinical evidence links maternal depression and behavior problems in children. Little research attention has been accorded the inter-generational effects of parental mental and addictive disorders on cognitive, behavioral, and educational outcomes of children....

BACKGROUND Latino children are at increased risk for mirconutrient deficiencies and problems of overweight and obesity. Exposures in pregnancy and early postpartum may impact future growth trajectories. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the relationship between prenatal and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms experienced in pregnancy and infant growth from birth to 2 years of age in a cohort of Latin...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and parenting outcomes including parenting stress, feelings of competence and discipline strategies. Maternal depression and current partner violence were hypothesized to be mediators of the association between CSA and parenting. METHOD This study is based on secondary data analysis of archived data. The partic...

Maternal depression has been consistently linked to the development of child problem behavior, particularly in early childhood, but few studies have examined whether reductions in maternal depression serve as a mediator in relation to changes associated with a family-based intervention. The current study addressed this issue with a sample of 731 families receiving services from a national food ...

BACKGROUND Depression before and during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight and preterm birth. Abnormal maternal cortisol has been hypothesized as one mediator between depression and adverse birth outcomes. The relationship between cortisol and depression in pregnancy is exhibited most strongly in the African American population, and most studies have ...

Depression is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide the most common complication perinatal period. Women in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately impacted by depression. Maternal child health (MCH) clinics widely attended SSA, offering potential access point for depression screening. Yet, selection optimal screening instruments use within MCH SSA remains unclea...

BACKGROUND   Maternal depression is known to be associated with impairments in child cognitive development, although the effect of timing of exposure to maternal depression is unclear. METHODS   Data collected for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a longitudinal study beginning in pregnancy, included self-report measures of maternal depression the Edinburgh Postnatal Depres...