The impact of maternal perinatal depression on exposure to reading and screen time for their infants: pilot findings from the MPEWS Study.

Grace CowderoyJosephine PowerAndrew LewisStuart WatsonMegan Galbally

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2020)

A maternal past diagnosis of depression is correlated with decreased reading time in infants. This may present a practical point for screening and intervention or suggest a causal pathway for poorer outcomes in children of those with depression.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
sleep quality
randomized controlled trial
birth weight
working memory
young adults
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
study protocol
type diabetes
clinical trial
body mass index
metabolic syndrome
physical activity
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance
weight gain