Left amygdalar volumes were smaller in newborns whose mothers had high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small cross-sectional study suggested. Infants of mothers with elevated ...

The first few years of a child’s life are at a stage of great brain plasticity and neurodevelopment, and form the foundation for their future cognitive, social, and emotional skills. This period, ...

A research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Tohoku University, led by Dr. Zhiqian Yu and Professor Hiroaki Tomita, ...

Exposure to early and chronic maternal depression markedly increases a child's susceptibility to psychopathology and social-emotional problems, including social withdrawal, poor emotion regulation, ...

According to a new study, Covid-19 in women during pregnancy leads to an increased risk of respiratory distress in their newborn children. That respiratory distress may be caused by an over-active ...

Overview of the study examining the link between maternal perinatal depression and autistic-related traits in offspring, incorporating both human cohort data and an animal model. Analysis of a ...