Toward early screening for early management of postnatal depression? relationships between clinical signs present in the infant and underlying maternal postnatal depression

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Early functional signs such as diarrhea, constipation, colic, gastroesophageal reflux, night-time awakening, and other infant sleep troubles seem to be more frequent in infants with a mother suffering from MPD. Could early clinical signs in the infant signal possible psychological suffering on the part of the mother-and therefore offer an avenue for improving the detection of MPD and beginning treatment as early as possible? In the present study, 50.6% of infants whose mothers suffered from MPD had feeding problems, compared to 35.5% of infants whose mothers did not suffer from . . .

 



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