Perinatal mental health can significantly impact child development
A new study published in JAMA Network Open investigated whether perinatal depression and/or anxiety impacted childhood development.
Researchers found that maternal perinatal depression and anxiety were significantly associated with poorer outcomes in cognitive, language, adaptive behavior, social-emotional, and motor skill functions:
- cognitive (antenatal period, r = −0.12 [95% CI, –0.19 to –0.05]; postnatal period, r = −0.25 [95% CI, –0.39 to –0.09])
- language (antenatal period, r = −0.11 [95% CI, −0.20 to 0.02]; postnatal period, r = −0.22 [95% CI, −0.40 to 0.03])
- adaptive behavior (antenatal period, r = −0.26 [95% CI, −0.39 to −0.12])
- offspring social-emotional (antenatal period, r = 0.21 [95% CI, 0.16-0.27]; postnatal period, r = 0.24 [95% CI, 0.19-0.28])
- motor (antenatal period, r = −0.07 [95% CI, −0.18 to 0.03]; postnatal period, r = −0.07 [95% CI, −0.16 to 0.03])
Findings also showed that these results went beyond the infant years into childhood and adolescents.
For more information, visit Contemporary Pediatrics.
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