Chronic Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Reduced Socio-Emotional Development in Children at 2 Years of Age: Analysis of Data From an Intervention Cohort in Rural Pakistan

Chronic Maternal Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Reduced Socio-Emotional Development in Children at 2 Years of Age: Analysis of Data From an Intervention Cohort in Rural Pakistan

Background: Maternal depression affects a high proportion of women during the antenatal and postnatal period in low- and middle-income countries. While maternal depression is recognized as a significant risk for poor early child development that warrants interventions, the effects of chronic materna...

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Main Authors: Clariana V. R. De Oliveira, Muneera Rasheed, Aisha K. Yousafzai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
maternal depression
chronicity
early child development
low- and middle-income countries
cognition
language
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00859/full

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