Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Infants of mentally ill mothers – a mini review

Lazaratou H, Magklara K, Kourtzi A.

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Parental psychopathology is considered as a risk factor for child development. The interaction between mentally ill mothers and their infants has been extensively studied using the principles of psychoanalytic theory and experimental psychology. Maternal depression, psychosis and substance abuse are the most studied among the psychiatric disorders. In all these cases the early interactive mother–infant relationship is disturbed at both quantitative and qualitative level. The psycho–emotional development of the infant is endangered and possible adverse effects range from simple functional symptomatology (anorexia, insomnia) to more complex psychopathology. Therapeutic interventions aim to improve the functioning of the mother–infant dyad and the relationship between them. 

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Lazaratou H, Magklara K, Kourtzi A., Infants of mentally ill mothers‾a mini review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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