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Effects of treating postnatal depression on mother-infant interaction and child development: Systematic review

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Poobalan, Amudha S., Aucott, Lorna S., Ross, Louise, Smith, W. Cairns. S., Helms, Peter J., Williams, Justin H. G.·2007·British Journal of Psychiatry

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Background: Postnatal depression has detrimental effects on the child's cognitive and emotional development. Aims: To assess the benefits of treating postnatal depression for mother–infant interaction and child development. Method: A systematic search was made of 12 electronic bibliographic databases for randomised controlled trials and controlled clinical trials on treatment of mothers with postnatal depression, where outcomes were assessed in children; findings were assessed. Results: Only eighttrials met the inclusion criteria. Of those included, interventions varied widely but all involved therapies directed at the mother–infant relationship. One study with intensive and prolonged therapy showed cognitive improvement, whereas two others with briefer interventions improved maternal–infant relationships but did not affect the child's cognitive or behavioural development. All five studies assessing only mother–infant relationships showed improvements. Conclusions: Cognitive development in children of depressed mothers, along with better mother–infant relationships, might be improved with sustained interventions. Trials assessing treatments for postnatal depression would benefit from looking more closely at benefits for children as well as mothers, using validated objective measures.

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“Moreover, improved MIRQ and reduction in risk for psychological and developmental disturbances in children is not a direct consequence of effective treatment of maternal depression (Forman et al., 2007; Poobalan et al., 2007).”
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“There is evidence to suggest that mothers’ psychosocial and mental health have significant effects on child growth, nutritional status, and emotional development (Barlow and Coren 2004; Harpham et al. 2005; Patel et al. 2004; Poobalan et al. 2007).”
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“…of untreated mental illnesses, it is important that common perinatal mental health problems be acknowledged early, diagnosed, if needed, as serious issues, preferably in accessible primary care settings and that appropriate support or treatment is initiated without delay (Poobalan et al., 2007).”
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“…most common medical complication of child-bearing (Sit & Wisner, 2009); and with its extremely adverse effect on maternal–infant bonding and infant development (O’Higgins, Roberts, Glover, & Taylor, 2013; Poobalan et al., 2007; Weikum, Oberlander, Hensch, & Werker, 2012), it is a critical concern.”
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“Three other systematic reviews (Singleton, 2004; Bakermans-Kranenburg et al., 2003; Poobalan et al., 2007) produced promising results, but all of them had high levels of heterogeneity, both in terms of the nature of the intervention(s) being tested and in the design of the evaluation(s).”
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“One of the foundational tenets in psychology is that individuals’ capacity to cope with stressful life events develops in childhood (Bowlby, 1958, 1988; Finkelstein, Donenberg, & Martinovich, 2001; Johnson & Flake, 2007; Poobalan et al., 2007; Repetti et al., 2002; Simpson & Rholes, 1994).”
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“…practices (Andresen & Telleen, 1992), in early childhood health and development (Kendrick et al., 2000; Maas, Vreeswijk, & van Bakel, 2013; Poobalan et al., 2007), in health (Cohen, Gottlieb, & Underwood, 2000; Holt- Lunstad, Smith, & Layton, 2010), and as a buffer to the psychological…”
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Authors: Poobalan, A. S., Aucott, L. S., Ross, L., Smith, W. C. S., Helms, P. J., & Williams, J. H. G.
Affiliations: University of Aberdeen (GB)
Corresponding author: Poobalan, Amudha S.
ORCID: Poobalan, Amudha S.
Aucott, Lorna S.
Smith, W. Cairns. S.
Williams, Justin H. G.
Venue: British Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
Published: 2007-11
Volume: 191
Issue: 5
Pages: 378-386
ISSN: 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.032789
OpenAlex: W2026085562
Cited by: 238
References: 27
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 8.58
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 3715 d)
Locations: The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords: postpartum depression, mother-infant interaction, child development, child cognitive development, maternal depression treatment, mother-infant relationship, intensive treatment
MeSH terms: Adult, Child Development, Cognition, Female, Humans, Infant, Mother-Child Relations, Treatment Outcome, Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic, Depression, Postpartum

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