The
subsequent centuries have witnessed endless conflict over the Christian cultus, but one element in the long
development of Biblical experience and thought concerning fellowship with God has
remained as the common and unifying gain of all — «Thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret.»
That experience was pivotal in his
development as an artist, and landscape painting has
remained a fundamental aspect of his practice through
subsequent decades.
One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A
subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and
Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms
remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.
Just as opportunities for righting maladapted trajectories
remain in later
development, so, too, might early positive trajectories be derailed by
subsequent adversity.