Relationship between maternal depression and bonding failure: A prospective cohort study of pregnant women.
Masako OharaTakashi OkadaChika KubotaYukako NakamuraTomoko ShiinoBranko AleksicMako MorikawaAya YamauchiYota UnoSatomi MuraseSetsuko GotoAtsuko KanaiTomoko MasudaMasahiko AndoNorio OzakiPublished in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2017)
Our large-scale cohort study indicates that bonding failure predicts depressive mood during pregnancy and 5 days after delivery. These findings suggest that protection and support for pregnant women with depressive mood and bonding failure may prevent both issues during pregnancy and the early stage after delivery.