The contribution of prenatal and postnatal maternal anxiety and depression to child maladjustment

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 696-702

  Barker, Edward D ^a   Jaffee, Sara R ^b   Uher, Rudolf ^b   Maughan, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; ASLPAC; child impairment; depression; postnatal; prenatal

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MATERNAL ANXIETY DISORDER; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960937454     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20856     Document Type: Article

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