Open AccessThe effects on children of depressed mothers' remission and relapse over 9 months
Author(s) -
Myrna M. Weissman,
Priya Wickramaratne,
Daniel J. Pilowsky,
Ernest Poh,
Michelle Hernández,
Lisa A. Batten,
Martine F. Flament,
Jonathan W. Stewart,
Pierre Blier
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s003329171400021x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychology , anxiety , rating scale , offspring , clinical psychology , psychiatry , hamd , pediatrics , medicine , pregnancy , developmental psychology , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics
The high rate of depression among children of depressed mothers is well known. Suggestions that improvement in maternal acute depression has a positive effect on the child have emerged. However, data on the mechanisms of change have been sparse. The aim was to understand how remission and relapse in the mother might explain the changes in the child's outcome.