Internalizing disorders in childhood

Article Abstract:

A study reveals that having had one episode of depressive or anxiety disorder represents a risk factor for further episodes of the same general type of disorder especially among young people. Also, the co-occurrence of depression and anxiety with one another is responsible for the variety of mental disorders that are found among depressed or anxious youngsters on follow-up. In addition, the probable genetic underpinnings of depressive and various anxiety disorders are likely to play a role in the risk of their recurrence.

Depression in adolescence, Adolescent depression, Depression in children, Childhood depression

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Infants of depressed mothers exhibit atypical frontal brain activity: a replication and extension of previous findings

Article Abstract:

A study examined the frontal brain activity of 13-to-15-month-old babies of middle-income depressed and non-depressed mothers with no other significant psychiatric problems. The main function of the left frontal brain section is for expressing positive emotions. Findings revealed that infants of depressed mothers displayed lowered left frontal EEG activity. Moreover, infants of mothers having major depression had lower left-frontal EEG activity level than those of mothers having only sub-threshold depression.

Infant psychology, Emotions in infants, Infant emotions

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Mother's representations of their infants assessed prenatally: stability and association with infants' attachment classifications

Article Abstract:

Mothers' representations and their infants are assessed prenatally to determine the stability and association with infants' attachment classifications. The study used the Working Model of the Child Interview (WMCI) where mothers' representations of their infants were assessed prenatally while the infant Strange Situation attachment classifications was also examined. Results gathered by the WMCI show problems in skewed distribution of the sample.

Parent and child, Parent-child relations, Attachment behavior, Attachment (Psychology)

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