ReviewJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2014
Practitioner review: maternal mood in pregnancy and child development--implications for child psychology and psychiatry.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Genetically Informed Research: Associations Between Parent Anxiety and Offspring Internalizing Problems.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of maternal prenatal and postnatal anxiety on children's emotional problems: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Association between Prenatal and Postnatal Psychological Distress and Toddler Cognitive Development: A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Infant hippocampal and amygdala volume in an observational follow-up from a randomized clinical trial for maternal prenatal depression.Nature communications · 2026Trial
- A pilot study of a group-based perinatal depression intervention on reducing depressive symptoms and improving maternal-fetal attachment and maternal sensitivity.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Trial
- An experimental test of the fetal programming hypothesis: Can we reduce child ontogenetic vulnerability to psychopathology by decreasing maternal depression?Development and psychopathology · 2018Trial
- Longitudinal links between prenatal maternal depression and anxiety symptoms and infant temperament: The roles of postnatal symptoms and perceived partner support.Infant mental health journal · 2026Article
- Persistent maternal mental health and child's behavioural, academic, and educational outcomes: evidence from national longitudinal study.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
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- Prenatal stress selectively enhances locomotor hyperactivity in male mice with embryonic loss ofFrontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- The prospective association of prenatal anxiety symptoms in mothers and fathers with general child development 14 months postpartum and the mediating role of parent-child bonding: a mediation analysis within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Examining the Potential Mediating Role of Maternal Mental Health in the Association Between Socioeconomic Deprivation and Child Development Outcomes.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Biological and behavioral pathways from prenatal depression to offspring cardiometabolic risk: Testing the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis.Developmental psychology · 2024Review
- Prenatal maternal depression predicts neural maturation and negative emotion in infants.Infant behavior & development · 2023Article
- Pandemics and pediatric otolaryngology.Operative techniques in otolaryngology--head and neck surgery · 2022Article
- Immunological and other biological correlates of the impact of antenatal depression on the mother-infant relationship.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2022Article
- Exposure to prenatal maternal distress and infant white matter neurodevelopment.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Role alteration predicts anxiety and depressive symptoms in parents of infants with congenital heart disease: a pilot study.Cardiology in the young · 2021Article
- The impacts of maternal childhood adversity, stress, and mental health on child development at 6 months in Taiwan: A follow-up study.Development and psychopathology · 2021Article
- Prenatal maternal mood entropy is associated with child neurodevelopment.Emotion (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe empirical base suggesting a link between prenatal maternal anxiety, stress or depression and cognitive, behavioral, and biological outcomes in the infant and child has increased dramatically in the past 10 years.
methodsIn this review, we consider the relevance of prenatal maternal mood for child mental health practitioners; the empirical base for a likely causal impact of the link between prenatal anxiety, depression, or stress and child outcomes; the degree to which the available evidence is sufficient for informing or altering clinical practice; and the possible role of prenatal interventions for promoting child health and development. A selective review of PubMed, Cochrane Library and other sources was undertaken.
findingsClinically significant links between maternal prenatal distress and child behavioral and cognitive outcomes have been reported; predictions to stress physiology, immunology, and neurodevelopment have been reported but the effect sizes and clinical significance is less clear. Several candidate mechanisms have been proposed, with some supporting evidence. Many behavioral treatments for prenatal maternal distress exist, but their application to promoting child health is largely unknown.
conclusionsResearch on maternal prenatal distress is a good example of translational research and offers a strong paradigm for promoting interdisciplinary clinical research on child health and development.
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