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Study: Dads also susceptible to postpartum depression

May 18, 2010 by Shawn Douglas  
Filed under News, Pregnancy

A new study has convincingly showed that dads are also prone to suffering prenatal and postpartum depression.
Depression and motherhood have been linked in the past, but are fathers also susceptible to prenatal or postpartum depression? New research out of Eastern Virginia Medical School seems to indicate “yes.”
“Depression affects both parents and both parents should be [...]

Depression during pregnancy may predict child’s antisocial behavior

February 5, 2010 by Shawn Douglas  
Filed under News, Pregnancy

The depression of a woman during pregnancy may lead to antisocial behavior in her child later in life.
Researchers at Cardiff University, the University of Bristol and King’s College London have concluded that a mother’s antisocial history may predict her child’s antisocial behavior.
The research, published in the January/February 2010 issue of the journal Child Development, focused [...]

Link found between smoking while pregnant and adolescent psychoses

October 7, 2009 by Shawn Douglas  
Filed under News, Pregnancy

Long-term UK study shows mothers that smoke while pregnant put their child at risk for having psychotic symptoms later in adolescence.
Doctors have long warned expectant mothers against drinking and smoking while pregnant, but despite those warnings, some mothers still make the decision to drink, smoke or do both. However, recently published study results provide doctors [...]