Maternal Depression Case Study

reasons why depression is a major risk for children. According to Love et al (2000), maternal depression is generally known in mothers with young minors. According to National Child & Maternal Health Program, mothers especially new mothers would feel sad, nervous, anxious and overwhelmed during and after pregnancy that can interrupt their everyday activities taking care of their infants. In Love et al (2000) article, they investigated the association of parenting behaviors with maternal depression. Therefore

10/31/2016 Maternal Depression and its’ Impact on Infant Health “Maternal Depression” is a term that includes a range of depressive conditions, which impact mothers while pregnant and up to 12 months after delivery (NIHCM). Such depressive conditions include prenatal depression, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis (NIHCM). In this paper, current literature that examines both prenatal depression and postpartum depression in relation to infant health will be reviewed. Prenatal depression includes

later on, but perhaps one study should not discount the validity of this measurement. In another recent meta-analysis, MDI correlated strongly with later cognitive functioning, explaining 37% of the variance with high reliability scores (dos Santos et al., 2013). Furthermore, there may be a critical period for maternal depressive symptoms’ effect on cognitive development as evinced by the lack of significance in combining studies that only examined exposure to maternal depression after 8 weeks. Early

A child that is murdered by their mother is known as “maternal filicide”. Children that killed within their first year of being born is known as “infanticide”. An infant killed with the first 24 hours of being born is known as “neonaticide” (Friedman, S., & Resnick, P. J. 2007). Unfortunately, these words exist because there is a history of children being killed by their parents, which yearly about 450 children intentionally murdered by a parent. Furthermore, FBI homicide data correlates three out

Despite widespread recognition of the problem of maternal depression and the potential benefits of screening, screening for maternal depression is not a standard (New York State Department Of Health, 2016). This policy brief was written for healthcare providers who treat expectant and new mothers with goals to improve the screening and to increase the number of women receiving appropriate treatment in our community. The recommendations address measures to improve early identification of the condition

Introduction Maternal depression is a comprehensive term for a range of depressive conditions affecting postpartum and pregnant women (“Identifying and Treating,” 2010). Earlier this year, a group of researchers studied the effect that maternal depression has on the body, focusing on changes in DNA methylation in maternal T-lymphocytes of cord blood and adult hippocampi. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism where methyl groups are added at CpG sites. Scientists are continuously identifying

A Quantitative Research Study Overview Sheila E. Brooks Stanbridge College Introduction As we continue our discussion in comparing qualitative versus quantitative research, we now focus our attention on quantitative research. In my personal opinion, I feel that quantitative research is harder to understand but breaking the article into sections allows me to understand the basic concepts. This week we will examine and in discuss a quantitative research article. The name of

Depression is a psychological mood disorder that is common in today’s world. The effect of depression affects the person’s ability to control their feelings and thoughts, resulting in their activities of daily living being negatively affected. For a person to be diagnosed with depression they must have had the symptoms present for 2 continuous weeks at minimum (Nimh.nih.gov, 2015). Correspondingly, depression in females and the symptoms thereof are different to that of men. From social pressures

factors that are implicated in attachment behaviors. Smoking has been implicated in maternal-fetal attachment (Magee et al. 2014). These researchers examined how consumption during gestation altered this attachment relationship. Previous research has indicated that mothers reduce smoking frequency during gestation in preparation of child arrival when the impetus for self-care is high (Massey et al. 2015). The study at hand did not assess

trauma that young girls experience when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Not only does pregnancy physically take a toll on a woman’s body, but also being pregnant under the age of 19 with a shaken view of the future can significantly heighten depression, anxiety, and stress for the mother and the baby. This paper aims to highlight the effects of these types of trauma within pregnancy, the most effective forms of treatment, and the influences that these types of trauma would have on the pregnancy