Psychiatric News (11/16) reports “anxiety and depression among pregnant mothers” were “associated with a greater risk of internalizing and externalizing symptoms among their children even after controlling for the child’s genetic risk for mental” illnesses, “according to a study.” The researchers “found that prenatal maternal depression and anxiety was associated with the child’s internalizing, externalizing, and total emotional symptoms across all ages tested.” The findings were published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Prenatal Anxiety, Depression Associated With MH Symptoms in Children, Independent of Genetic Risk, Psychiatric News, November 16, 2023