Maternal depression, anxiety and stress during pregnancy and child outcome; What needs to be done

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-35

  Glover, Vivette ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Depression; Fetus; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal; Stress

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRAY MATTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL STRESS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANXIETY; CORTISOL; DEPRESSION; FETUS; NEURODEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891623441     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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