Risk of Depression in the Adolescent and Adult Offspring of Mothers With Perinatal Depression
103 Citations•2020•
Vaishali Tirumalaraju, Robert Suchting, Jonathan Evans
Maternal perinatal depression was associated with the risk of depression in adolescence and adulthood among offspring; future studies aimed at exploring the neurobiological mechanism of risk transmission and postinterventional risk reduction could improve the management of depressive disorders.
Abstract
In this study, maternal perinatal depression, especially antenatal depression, was associated with the risk of depression in adolescence and adulthood. More research into the mechanisms of depression risk transmission and assessments of postinterventional risk reduction could aid in the development of future strategies to tackle depressive disorders in pregnancy.