Treating moms with postpartum depression helps their babies’ brains
Neuropsych in Battle Creek | Dr. Saifollahi | Behavioral Health Care, P.C
For the study 40 infants of women diagnosed with postpartum depression were matched with 40 infants of non-depressed mothers on infant age, gender and socioeconomic status. The mothers with postpartum depression received nine weeks of group CBT. The infants were all tested before the treatment and nine weeks later, including a questionnaire on the infant behaviour completed by the mother and her partner.