From adolescence to parenthood: a multi-decade study of preconception mental health problems and postpartum parent-infant bonds.

Jacqui A MacdonaldC GreenwoodP LetcherE A SpryH M McAnallyK ThomsonD HutchinsonG J YoussefJ McIntoshR J HancoxG C PattonCraig A Olsson

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)

Persistent symptoms of depression or anxiety spanning adolescence and young adulthood predict poorer emotional bonding with infants 1-year postbirth for both mothers and fathers.

Keyphrases

mental health
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
mental illness
early life