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Postpartum depression, suicidality, and mother-infant interactions
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To date, few studies have examined suicidality in women with postpartum depression. Reports of suicidal ideation in postpartum women have varied (Lindahl et al. Arch Womens Ment Health 8:77-87, 2005), and no known studies have examined the relationship between suicidality and mother-infant interactions. This study utilizes baseline data from a multi-method evaluation of a home-based psychotherapy for women with postpartum depression and their infants to examine the phenomenon of suicidality and its relationship to maternal mood, perceptions, and mother-infant interactions. Overall, women in this clinical sample (n = 32) had wide ranging levels of suicidal thinking. When divided into low and high groups, the mothers with high suicidality experienced greater mood disturbances, cognitive distortions, and severity of postpartum symptomotology. They also had lower maternal self-esteem, more negative perceptions of the mother-infant relationship, and greater parenting stress. During observer-rated mother-infant interactions, women with high suicidality were less sensitive and responsive to their infants' cues, and their infants demonstrated less positive affect and involvement with their mothers. Implications for clinical practice and future research directions are discussed.
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“Mothers with high suicidality risks experienced greater mood disturbances and more severe postpartum symptomatology than mothers with low suicidality risks.81”
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- Authors
- Paris, R., Bolton, R. E., & Weinberg, M. K.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Paris, Ruth
- Venue
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Published
- 2009-08-29
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 309-321
- ISSN
- 1434-1816 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-1102
- OpenAlex
- W2055618687
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 57
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- FWCI
- 4.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Archives of Women s Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- postpartum depression, suicidality, suicidal ideation, mother-infant interaction, maternal mood, cognitive distortions, maternal self-esteem, parental stress, maternal sensitivity, home-based psychotherapy, postpartum women
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Affect, Psychology, Child, Cognition Disorders, Female, House Calls, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Maternal Behavior, Mother-Child Relations, Object Attachment, Personality Inventory, Pregnancy, Psychotherapy, Self Concept, Suicide, Attempted, Parenting, Depression, Postpartum
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