SchaferAutismReport: Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, May Affect Infant Development

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RESEARCHPostpartum Depression, Anxiety, May Affect Infant DevelopmentUniversity of Miami Gets $20 Million Gift To Fight AutismMillions in Stimulus Funds Awarded to UC for ResearchAmygdala Study on Toddlers with AutismMutation in AGC1 Deficiency Linked to Abnormal Myelin FormationTREATMENTMelatonin Helps Autistic Children Get To SleepPEOPLEGambling, Sex, Asperger’s And My Twin Con-Man BrotherStandoff Between Boy, Police Ends PeacefullyEDUCATIONFlorida Officials Struggling With School Restraint Rule

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NOTE: Read Wednesday's Edition hereRESEARCHPostpartum Depression, Anxiety, May Affect Infant Development Refridgerator Mom Theory of Autism Revival? By ine , Medscape Medical News bit.ly/XHHsv Healthy, educated, middle-class women who are in stable relationships and who give birth to healthy, full-term babies experience disturbing rates of postpartum depression, according to a new study. "Even in women who are as low risk as you can get in a community cohort, we find approximately 20% of women reporting symptoms of postpartum depression high enough to merit some clinical attention," said the study's lead author, Ruth Feldman, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and director, community-based infant clinic, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. This is important because, as the study suggests, postpartum depression can have a negative effect on infant development in terms of fear response and social interaction, Dr. Feldman told Medscape Psychiatry. The study found that the rate of severe depressive symptoms among healthy educated women was 3.6%, and the rate of anxiety was 12.2%. The study is published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Early Symptoms The researchers started with a sample of 971 new mothers who reported symptoms of depression and anxiety on the second day after giving birth. At 6 months postpartum, the researchers mailed questionnaires on anxiety and depression to 360 women representing both the top and bottom of the depressive symptom continuum. Of the 215 mothers who returned these questionnaires, the researchers contacted 150 at the upper and lower ends of the depressive symptom continuum for follow-up. The final sample at 9 months included 100 women, 45% of whom were first-time mothers. Their average age was 30.7 years, and they had completed an average of 15.8 years of education. Of the 41 mothers composing the clinical group, 22 had a major depressive disorder, and 19 had an anxiety disorder. Seven mothers in the major depressive disorder group and 3 in the anxiety group

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