Care for the emotional state of pregnant women remains a neglected aspect of obstetric
medicine. Many prospective studies have shown that, if a mother is depressed, anxious, or …

Research efforts during the past decades have provided intriguing evidence suggesting that
stressful experiences during pregnancy exert long-term consequences on the future mental …

Many prospective studies have shown that if a mother is depressed, anxious or stressed
while pregnant, this increases the risk for her child having a wide range of adverse …

OBJECTIVE: To determine patterns of comorbidity, functioning, and service use for US
children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS: Bivariate and …

Developmental plasticity describes situations where a specific input during an individual's
development produces a lasting alteration in phenotype. Some instances of developmental …

Purpose Exposure to prenatal stress has been reported to affect the risk of adverse
neurodevelopmental outcomes in the offspring; however, there is currently no clear …

If a mother is stressed or anxious while pregnant her child is more likely to show a range of
symptoms such as those of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder …

Accumulating evidence from preclinical and clinical studies indicates that maternal
psychosocial stress and anxiety during pregnancy adversely affect child outcomes …

In recent years, a change in perspective in etiological models of attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) has occurred in concordance with emerging concepts in other …

Although individual behaviors have not been proven to have a strong influence on the risk of
preterm birth, consistent evidence suggests that a constellation of favorable lifestyle factors …