Soile Tuovinen, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Polina Girchenko, Kati Heinonen, Jari Lahti, Rebecca M Reynolds, Esa Hämäläinen, Pia M Villa, Eero Kajantie, Hannele Laivuori, Katri Raikkonen
BACKGROUND: Maternal antenatal stress, including symptoms of depression, anxiety and perceived stress, is associated with mental and behavioral problems in children. Whether it is associated with child mental and behavioral disorders remains uncertain. We examined if maternal antenatal symptoms of depression, anxiety and perceived stress were associated with mental and behavioral disorders in their children, if the associations varied according to gestational week, stress type, fluctuating or consistently high symptoms, and if they were driven by maternal or paternal lifetime mood or anxiety disorders...
September 15, 2020: Journal of Affective Disorders