Quality of early mother-child interaction associated with depressive psychopathology in the offspring: A prospective study from infancy to adulthood

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1387-1394

  Schmid, Brigitte ^a   Blomeyer, Dorothea ^a   Buchmann, Arlette F ^a   Trautmann Villalba, Patricia ^b   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^c   Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Esser, Günter ^d   Banaschewski, Tobias ^a   Laucht, Manfred ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Infancy; Longitudinal study; Mother infant interaction; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 79960256624     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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