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If a mother endures prenatal distress or is emotionally unavailable during the
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post-partum period if can effect the babies - Correct answer ✔emotional,|! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
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According to research children of mother's with depression has lower scores
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in - Correct answer ✔IQ, motor, language, and mental development
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What kind of temperment are children prone to having when born to a
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mother with depression? - Correct answer ✔Difficult Temperment: more
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negative reactions during stress, lower self-esteem, and developmental delay
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with self-regulation skills
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Prenatal depression is associated with which negative outcomes for infants? -
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Correct answer ✔premature delivery, low-birth weight, disorganized sleep,
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less responsiveness to stimulation in the neonate
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An infant of a depressed mother may have what negative outcomes? - Correct
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answer ✔insecure attachment, negative affect, and dysregulated attention
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, toddlers of depressed mothers are at risk for? - Correct answer ✔poor self-
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control, internalizing and externalizing problems, and difficulties in cognitive
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school age and adolescent children of depressed mothers are at risk for? -
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Correct answer ✔impaired adaptive functioning, psychopathy, including
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conduct, affective, and anxiety disorders and they are also at risk for attention
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deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities
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what are some contextual risk factors for exacerbating maternal depression
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and the child's behavioral problems - Correct answer ✔poverty, marital
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conflict and stressful life events |! |! |! |!
maternal anxiety is associated with internalizing or externalizing symptoms
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in children - Correct answer ✔internalizing
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Children of depressed mothers are at a ____% increased risk of MH issues -
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Correct answer ✔41-77% 2-5 fold increase
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biology of pregnancy related depression - Correct answer ✔increased stress
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hormones, decreased fetal blood flow, low maternal dopamine and serotonin
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What is insecure attachment? and what does it result in - Correct answer ✔a
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fragile emotional bond between a child and caregiver often from inconsistent
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or unresponsive caregiving
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