BACKGROUND: Most studies on the effects of early risk factors on future mental health focus
on specific obstetric complications as risk factors for specific disorders. However, obstetric …

BackgroundPostnatal depression follows 10% of live births but there is little consensus on
the risk factors associated with its development. Previous smaller studies have been unable …

Specific pregnancy complications, socioeconomic position and sex have all been
independently associated with child mental health outcomes, but their combined effects …

Mental illness is highly prevalent and runs in families. Mental disorders are considered to
enhance the risk for the development of psychopathology in the offspring. This heightened …

BackgroundPerinatal problems may be associated with an increased risk for psychological
and physical health problems in adulthood, although it is unclear which perinatal problems …

The relationship between a range of prenatal and perinatal events and risk for
psychopathology in offspring was examined. Prenatal and perinatal events investigated …

Risk factors for antenatal common mental problems include a history of depression, lack of
social support and a history of both childhood and adulthood sexual and physical abuse …

Perinatal mental illness has a significant implication on maternal health, birth outcomes, and
the offspring's development. Prevalence estimates of perinatal psychiatric illnesses range …

Repeated findings have linked pre-and perinatal risk factors to a variety of mental disorders.
Some studies have found large magnitudes of association, suggesting that fetal …

Many prenatal risk factors are known to have adverse consequences on fetal development
and there is increasing interest in effects on the mental health of offspring. However …