Maternal depression impacts child psychopathology across the first decade of life: Oxytocin and synchrony as markers of resilience
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 seems that a child’s oxytocin level may also alter their likelihood of developing mental illness if their mother had depression during their first year of life.
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