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If a mother endures prenatal distress or is emotionally unavailable during the post-partum period if can
effect the babies - Answers emotional, behavioral, and social functioning
According to research children of mother's with depression has lower scores in - Answers IQ, motor,
language, and mental development
What kind of temperment are children prone to having when born to a mother with depression? -
Answers Difficult Temperment: more negative reactions during stress, lower self-esteem, and
developmental delay with self-regulation skills
Prenatal depression is associated with which negative outcomes for infants? - Answers premature
delivery, low-birth weight, disorganized sleep, less responsiveness to stimulation in the neonate
An infant of a depressed mother may have what negative outcomes? - Answers insecure attachment,
negative affect, and dysregulated attention and arousal
toddlers of depressed mothers are at risk for? - Answers poor self-control, internalizing and externalizing
problems, and difficulties in cognitive functioning and in social interactions with family and peers
school age and adolescent children of depressed mothers are at risk for? - Answers impaired adaptive
functioning, psychopathy, including conduct, affective, and anxiety disorders and they are also at risk for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities
what are some contextual risk factors for exacerbating maternal depression and the child's behavioral
problems - Answers poverty, marital conflict and stressful life events
maternal anxiety is associated with internalizing or externalizing symptoms in children - Answers
internalizing
Children of depressed mothers are at a ____% increased risk of MH issues - Answers 41-77% 2-5 fold
increase
, biology of pregnancy related depression - Answers increased stress hormones, decreased fetal blood
flow, low maternal dopamine and serotonin
What is insecure attachment? and what does it result in - Answers a fragile emotional bond between a
child and caregiver often from inconsistent or unresponsive caregiving
results in difficulties with emotional regulation with impaired sensitivity to stress and with disturbed
social functioning long term
anxious mothers tend to exhibit these behaviors - Answers overcontrolling, overprotective, and less
permissive to their children's freedom
Mothers with anxiety tend to have children with what type of attachment? - Answers ambivalent
attachment
Children of anxious moms then to be - Answers ANXIOUS, fearful and avoidant
Post partum psychosis prognosis and response to treatment - Answers very good but the recurrence of
psychosis is high
post partum period in DSM for psychosis according to the DSM compared to research - Answers 4 weeks
(DSM) up to 3 months
Rates of post partum psychosis are highest in what month post partum - Answers first month-10x higher
but especially within first 2 weeks
what percentage of women hospitalized for psychosis in the prenatal period had a post partum
recurrence - Answers 44%
what are the risk factors for post-partum psychosis - Answers previous hx of psychiatric illness
psychosis during prenatal period
If a mother endures prenatal distress or is emotionally unavailable during the post-partum period if can
effect the babies - Answers emotional, behavioral, and social functioning
According to research children of mother's with depression has lower scores in - Answers IQ, motor,
language, and mental development
What kind of temperment are children prone to having when born to a mother with depression? -
Answers Difficult Temperment: more negative reactions during stress, lower self-esteem, and
developmental delay with self-regulation skills
Prenatal depression is associated with which negative outcomes for infants? - Answers premature
delivery, low-birth weight, disorganized sleep, less responsiveness to stimulation in the neonate
An infant of a depressed mother may have what negative outcomes? - Answers insecure attachment,
negative affect, and dysregulated attention and arousal
toddlers of depressed mothers are at risk for? - Answers poor self-control, internalizing and externalizing
problems, and difficulties in cognitive functioning and in social interactions with family and peers
school age and adolescent children of depressed mothers are at risk for? - Answers impaired adaptive
functioning, psychopathy, including conduct, affective, and anxiety disorders and they are also at risk for
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities
what are some contextual risk factors for exacerbating maternal depression and the child's behavioral
problems - Answers poverty, marital conflict and stressful life events
maternal anxiety is associated with internalizing or externalizing symptoms in children - Answers
internalizing
Children of depressed mothers are at a ____% increased risk of MH issues - Answers 41-77% 2-5 fold
increase
, biology of pregnancy related depression - Answers increased stress hormones, decreased fetal blood
flow, low maternal dopamine and serotonin
What is insecure attachment? and what does it result in - Answers a fragile emotional bond between a
child and caregiver often from inconsistent or unresponsive caregiving
results in difficulties with emotional regulation with impaired sensitivity to stress and with disturbed
social functioning long term
anxious mothers tend to exhibit these behaviors - Answers overcontrolling, overprotective, and less
permissive to their children's freedom
Mothers with anxiety tend to have children with what type of attachment? - Answers ambivalent
attachment
Children of anxious moms then to be - Answers ANXIOUS, fearful and avoidant
Post partum psychosis prognosis and response to treatment - Answers very good but the recurrence of
psychosis is high
post partum period in DSM for psychosis according to the DSM compared to research - Answers 4 weeks
(DSM) up to 3 months
Rates of post partum psychosis are highest in what month post partum - Answers first month-10x higher
but especially within first 2 weeks
what percentage of women hospitalized for psychosis in the prenatal period had a post partum
recurrence - Answers 44%
what are the risk factors for post-partum psychosis - Answers previous hx of psychiatric illness
psychosis during prenatal period
