Promoting Responsiveness between Mothers with Depressive Symptoms and Their Infants

Abstract

The study showed that a coaching strategy had a positive effect on maternal-infant interaction in this sample. Future research is needed to test coaching interventions in conjunction with other strategies targeted to promote maternal-infant responsiveness and to reduce PPDS.

Supporting Early Childhood Social-Emotional Well Being: The Building Blocks for Early Learning and School Success

“…Results of this study corroborate findings from similar studies providing biological evidence supporting the relationship between maternal well-being and child outcomes. It also underscores the need to address the mother and child individually, and that serving the mother and helping her meet her needs and that of the family will in turn positively affect the subsequent outcomes of her child (Blair, 2002;Hammond-Ratzlaff & Fulton, 2001;Horowitz, Bell, Trybulski, Munro, Moser, Hartz, McCordic, & Sokol, 2001;Ong, Boo, & Chandran, 2001;Solchany & Barnard, 2001). It is important to note that mental health services for young children and their families should be designed and implemented within a culturally-informed framework that is responsive to the needs of all families (Fiese, 2002;Randolph & Koblinsky, 2001;Samartin, Segovia, & Feinberg, 2000).…”

Exercise and pregnancy in recreational and elite athletes: 2016/17 evidence summary from the IOC Expert Group Meeting, Lausanne. Part 3—exercise in the postpartum period

“…Treatment options for postnatal depression are the same as in other periods, and include the use of antidepressants and cognitive therapy 64. Although there are plausible mechanisms by which exercise may improve the symptoms of postnatal depression, a 2004 review of 21 non-biological or behavioural interventions for the treatment of postnatal depression found insufficient data from which to draw conclusions relating to exercise 65.…”

Maternal Rejection of the Young Child: Present Status of the Clinical Syndrome

“…They are usually associated in the clinic, where the association will be enhanced by Berkson bias [17,18], but in the community the association is lower or even absent [19]. Their treatments [20,21,22] and, to some extent, their causes are different.…”