Katherine A O'Donnell, Hélène Gaudreau, Sara Colalillo, Meir Steiner, Leslie Atkinson, Ellen Moss, Susan Goldberg, Sherif Karama, Stephen G Matthews, John E Lydon, Patricia P Silveira, Ashley D Wazana, Robert D Levitan, Marla B Sokolowski, James L Kennedy, Alison Fleming, Michael J Meaney
OBJECTIVE: To describe the theory and methodology of the multi-wave, prospective Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) study. The goal of MAVAN is to examine the pre- and postnatal influences, and their interaction, in determining individual differences in mental health. METHOD: MAVAN is a community-based, birth cohort study of pregnant Canadian mothers and their offspring. Dyads are assessed longitudinally, with multiple assessments of both mother and child in home and laboratory across the child's development...
September 2014: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie