ERIC Number: EJ1216653
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-May
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0736-8038
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Does Brief Psychotherapy with Distressed Pregnant Women Benefit Mother and Baby?
Garcia, Sarah E.; Lillehei, Nina E.; Valente, Eleza R.; Grote, Nancy K.; Hankin, Benjamin L.; Davis, Elysia Poggi
ZERO TO THREE, v39 n5 p23-32 May 2019
Prenatal maternal depression affects both mother and fetus with long-term implications for offspring vulnerability to psychopathology through alterations to brain development, stress physiology, negative emotionality, and cognitive control. This article reviews evidence for the negative impact of prenatal maternal depression on offspring development and describes psychotherapeutic interventions that are used to mitigate prenatal maternal depression and thus, may positively impact infant and child development. The authors then describe an ongoing study to examine the effects on infant development of reducing prenatal maternal depression using a brief form of interpersonal psychotherapy adapted for use with pregnant women.
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Prenatal Influences, Depression (Psychology), Psychopathology, Brain, Child Development, Physiology, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Intervention, Infants, Economically Disadvantaged, Program Effectiveness
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Language: English
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