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Impact of postpartum depressive symptoms on mother and her 18-month-old infant

Righetti-Veltema, Marion, Bousquet, Arnaud, Manzano, Juan·2003·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
DOI 10.1007/s00787-003-0311-9
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Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is known to have important negative effects on mother, infant and mother-child relationship.Methods We present a case-control study of 35 mothers and their 18-month-old infants. These mothers suffered from postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS) when the infants were three months old, as rated with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS, Cox 1987). A control group of 35 mothers without postpartum depressive symptoms (NPDS) with their 18-month-old infants was also evaluated. The infants were assessed using the Infant Behavior Record of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, the Strange Situation and an object concept task.Results 15 months later, the PDS mothers were less affectionate and more anxious than the NPDS mothers. The PDS dyads demonstrated less verbal interaction and less playing interaction. 18-month-old infants of PDS mothers performed less well on object concept tasks, and were more often insecurely attached to their mothers. Only some results were linked to the mothers' depressive state (D-mothers) diagnosed at 18 months (e. g. responsiveness to persons).Conclusions The important negative effects observed at 18 months on mother and infant of maternal PDS at 3 months confirm the need for early identification and therapeutic or preventive interventions.

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  • Many studies show that the infant also suffers when the mother is affected by postpartum depression, even when the mother's symptoms do not reach symptomatic severity of a major depressive disorder.

    “Many studies show that the infant also suffers when the mother is affected by PPD, even when the mother’s symptoms do not reach symptomatic severity of a major depressive disorder (McLearn et al., 2006; Murray and Cooper, 1997b; Righetti-Veltema et al., 2003).”

    From The maternal brain and its plasticity in humans (2016) · cites this paper as Righetti-Veltema et al., 2003

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Authors
Righetti-Veltema, M., Bousquet, A., & Manzano, J.
Corresponding author
Righetti-Veltema, Marion
ORCID
Manzano, Juan
Venue
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2003-04-01
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
75-83
ISSN
  • 1018-8827 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-165X
DOI
10.1007/s00787-003-0311-9
OpenAlex
W2086622471
Cited by
166
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Infant Health and Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
postpartum depressive symptoms, maternal depression, infant development, maternal attachment, insecure attachment, mother-infant interaction, object concepts, infant language development, maternal anxiety, early detection of depression
MeSH terms
Adult, Developmental Disabilities, Concept Formation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Male, Mother-Child Relations, Neuropsychological Tests, Object Attachment, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Child of Impaired Parents, Depression, Postpartum

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