ArticleInfant mental health journal2022
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low-income South African cohort.
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- Association between postnatal mental health-related hospitalisation and child development and education outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Pooled it
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- Maternal psychiatric admissions and Child developmental delays: A nationwide cohort study.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
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- Early gross motor development: Agreement between the AIMS and the BSID-III.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2025Article
- Factors affecting contraceptive use among women seeking induced abortion in Hubei, China: a multicenter cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Persistent Maternal Mental Health Disorders and Toddler Neurodevelopment at 18 Months: Longitudinal Follow-up of a Low-Income South African Cohort.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low-income South African cohort.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
Maternal mental health disorders and the adverse consequences for infant neurodevelopment have received substantial research attention in high-income countries over the past five decades. In Africa, where relatively little work has been done on this topic, researchers have largely focused on infant physical health outcomes. This longitudinal study investigated the neurodevelopment of infants at 6 months post-term with exposure to mothers with a clinical diagnosis of persistent mental health disorders residing in low-income communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Adjusted models revealed no significant differences on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSID-III) domains (cognitive, motor, language, socio-emotional, and adaptive behavior) between infants exposed to maternal mental health disorders (n = 62) and the comparison group (n = 35) at 3 and 6 months. Subgroup analyses found no significant differences on the BSID-III domains between infants with exposure to mood disorders (n = 31), as well as infants with exposure to comorbid (i.e., a combination of two or three) mental health disorders (n = 14) and the comparison group. However, infants with exposure to psychotic disorders (n = 14) scored significantly lower on the cognitive and the motor domains and the fine motor subscale. These novel data provide an important contribution to the scientific literature especially in the field of maternal psychotic disorders in Africa.
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