This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological …

This paper reviews recent theoretical, empirical, and clinical work related to parental
reflective functioning (PRF) or parental mentalizing. PRF refers to the capacity of the parent …

Mothers with histories of alcohol and drug addiction have shown greater difficulty parenting
young children than mothers with no history of substance misuse. This study was the second …

Maternal neglect, including physical and emotional neglect, is a pervasive public health
challenge with serious long‐term effects on child health and development. I provide an …

Two-polarities models of personality propose that personality development evolves through
a dialectic synergistic interaction between two fundamental developmental psychological …

In numerous brain structures, insulin signaling modulates the homeostatic processes,
sensitivity to reward pathways, executive function, memory, and cognition. Through human …

Fathering plays an important role in infants' socioemotional and cognitive development.
Previous studies have identified brain regions that are important for parenting behavior in …

Abstract The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) propose a much-needed change in
approach to the study of vulnerability factors implicated in mental disorders, shifting away …

Substance use disorders constitute a significant public health problem in North America and
worldwide. Specifically, substance addictions in women during pregnancy or in the …

New mothers undergo dynamic neural changes that support positive adaptation to parenting
and the development of mother–infant relationships. In this article, I review important …