Children of Parents with Mental Illness Archives

When the bough breaks: a systematic review and meta-analysis of mental health symptoms in mothers of young children during the covid-19 pandemic

Feb 4, 2022

Mothers of young children have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with over a quarter developing depression and almost half experiencing clinically significant anxiety. Racine, N., Eirich, R., Cooke, J., Zhu, J., Pador, P., Dunnewold...

Infants’ and toddlers’ digital media use and mothers’ mental health: A comparative study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 4, 2022

Device use by infants during the COVID-19 pandemic was related to both maternal device use and maternal mental health. Efforts to address the former issue need to take into account the latter factors. Pedrotti, B. G., Mallmann, M. Y., Almeida, C. ...

Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and children’s emotional problems at the age of 2 and 5 years: a longitudinal study.

Feb 26, 2020

Pietikäinen, J.T., Kiviruusu, O., Kylliäinen, A., Pölkki, P., Saarenpää‐Heikkilä, O., Paunio, T. and Paavonen, E.J. (2020). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 195-204. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13126 Maternal depression has long been known to be associ...

Positive childhood experiences and adult mental and relational health in a statewide sample: Associations across adverse childhood experiences levels

Dec 18, 2019

Bethell C, Jones J, Gombojav N, Linkenbach J, Sege R. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(11):e193007. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3007 There has recently been a lot of discussion regarding the long-term physical and psychological impact of...

Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Mar 7, 2019

US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2019;321(6):580–587. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.0007 Perinatal depression affects 1 in 7 women and may be associated with short and long-term adverse consequences for mothers and infants. The recent ...

A mixed method evaluation of an intervention for parents with mental illness

Feb 13, 2019

Maybery, D., Goodyear, M., Reupert, A., Sheen, J., Cann, W., O’Hanlon, B., & Cuff, R. (2019). Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518822676 This study provides some preliminary evidence for the effective...

Transfer of Inhaled Cannabis Into Human Breast Milk

May 27, 2018

Baker T, Datta P, Rewers-Felkins K, Thompson H, Kallem RR, Hale TW. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 May;131(5):783-788. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002575. This small study provides evidence that maternal inhaled cannabis is transferred to infants via b...

Impact of paternal deployment to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and paternal post-traumatic stress disorder on the children of military fathers

May 27, 2018

Fear, N., Reed, R., Rowe, S., Burdett, H., Pernet, D., Mahar, A., . . . Wessely, S. (2018). The British Journal of Psychiatry, 212(6), 347-355. doi:10.1192/bjp.2017.16 Despite concern about the potential impact of military deployment on families...

Maternal depression impacts child psychopathology across the first decade of life: Oxytocin and synchrony as markers of resilience

Mar 15, 2018

Priel, A., Djalovski, A., Zagoory-Sharon, O. and Feldman, R. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2018. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12880 Maternal sensitivity is already known to mediate the relationship between maternal depression and childhood mental illness. Now it...

Accuracy of the Whooley questions and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in identifying depression and other mental disorders in early pregnancy

Feb 13, 2018

Howard L, Ryan E, Trevillion K, et al. British Journal of Psychiatry 212(1): 50-56. Published online January 2018. doi 10.1192/bjp.2017.9 As the link between perinatal depression and later childhood conduct problems becomes clearer, this study d...

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