Introduction: Prevalence rates of postpartum depression (PPD) vary widely, depending on
the methodological parameters used in studies: differences in study populations, diagnostic …

Maternal mental disorders can significantly impact on children's psychosocial and
psychological development, incurring substantial ongoing economic and personal costs. A …

Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common illness, but due to the underlying
processes and the diversity of symptoms, some variability is exhibited. The risk of …

Parental reflective functioning (PRF) refers to the parent's capacity to envision mental states
in the infant and in themselves as a parent, and to link such underlying mental process with …

Understanding if maternal depression is a predictor of infant-parent attachment classification
is important to furthering knowledge about the early pathways and predictors of socio …

Even though the relationship between language and emotion has not been a mainstream
research area in linguistics and neighbouring disciplines, there has always been a genuine …

Previous studies on effects of postpartum depression (PPD) on infant-mother attachment
have been divergent. This may be due to not taking into account the effects of stable …

Background Peripartum depression (PPD) is a major depression disorder (MDD) episode
with onset during pregnancy or within four weeks after childbirth, as defined in DSM-5 …

Background There is first evidence that some personality characteristics raise the risk of
postpartum depression (PPD). The present longitudinal study investigates whether …

Pregnancy is the time during which physiological and psychological preparation for
motherhood takes place. It has long been considered a blessed time, free of psychiatric …