The impact of psychological treatments of postpartum depression
on maternal mood and infant development
Most studies of the treatment of PND have been concerned with its impact
on maternal mood.
Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including
those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18
There are several well conducted naturalistic studies of the impact of PND on the mother - child relationship, and the architecture of parenting disturbances in this context is now well understood; similarly, the evidence on the consequences of PND for child development is detailed and robust.5 There have also been several randomized controlled trials of the impact of treatment on PND.7, 8 However, the treatment trials have almost all had limited follow up and have principally been concerned with the impact
on maternal mood rather than on the quality of the mother - child relationship and child development outcome.
Although several forms of intervention have proved beneficial for mothers with PND, none has been shown to have enduring effects
on maternal mood, and there is limited evidence that any intervention improves the long - term course of child development.
One study examined the effects of breastfeeding and bottle - feeding
on maternal mood and stress.
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Comparison of two strategies to improve infant sleep problems, and associated impacts
on maternal experience,
mood and infant emotional health: a single case replication design study.
«A nightly bedtime routine: impact
on sleep in young children and
maternal mood.»
I know it would be a heck of a lot easier to do that, but every time I share my story one
on one with a friend, they tell me about their experience of having friends or family members with some type of
maternal mood disorder ranging from the baby blues to depression.
To earn the title of postpartum doula, she enrolled in a three - day, 30 hour workshop through DONA, focusing
on maternal and infant care, breast - feeding, and perinatal
mood disorders.
Maternal mood was assessed
on the 2 - month questionnaire.
New findings released in 2017 concluded that eating placenta had little to no effect
on postpartum
mood,
maternal bonding, or fatigue.
A lack of differences between the COPE and control group mothers with respect to state anxiety and negative
mood state during hospitalization may be attributable to the fact that the length of hospital stay for this full - scale clinical trial was approximately one - half of that in our pilot study.6 There might not have been enough time to demonstrate the positive effects of the COPE program
on maternal anxiety and
mood state during the short course of hospitalization in this trial.
This Briefing Paper by
Maternal Mental Health NOW and Zero to Three builds
on our previous concept paper and outlines nine new recommendations for improving systems of care to address perinatal
mood and anxiety disorders across Los Angeles County.
Maternal Mental Health NOW is thrilled to offer our self - paced online certification training
on perinatal
mood and anxiety disorders, including depression and anxiety during pregnancy, postpartum depression and anxiety, OCD, and postpartum psychosis.
Prenatal effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressents, serotonin transporter promoter genotype (SLC6A4), and
maternal mood on child behavior at 3 years of age.
Centralize latest research
on proven therapies in addition to drug therapy and psychotherapy and encourage insurers to cover these alternatives for
maternal anxiety and
mood disorders when appropriate, including treatments like: Electro Convulsive Therapy, Sleep Therapies, Omega 3s, Mindfulness Meditation, Outdoor Walking with Other Moms, and more.
An interaction effect of gender and
maternal depressed
mood on acceleration in children's depressive phenomena indicated that girls» trajectories of depressive phenomena were sustained in the presence of
maternal depression while those of boys declined in the presence of
maternal depression.
This study evaluated the impact of
maternal mood on mother - son interaction patterns.
It has been reported that
maternal PPD is a predictor of paternal one since the first is higher during the three months postpartum.8 Based
on the existing knowledge of
maternal PPD, literature suggests that also paternal PPD could be related with hormonal changes regarding alteration of testosterone, estrogen, vasopressin, prolactin and cortisol levels.10 In addition to
mood disturbances, high parenting distress levels could also be considered a important factor compromising the parenting competence and the daily child care.17 Parenting stress is a construct related to the parent role and influenced by expectations and perceptions of child characteristics, parent characteristics and parental - infant interaction quality.