Infancy is a critical developmental period involving establishment of the neurological
underpinnings of psychological, affective and relational functioning. The integration of …

Background There is increasing understanding of the significance of early
neurodevelopment in establishing risk for the range of mental disorders. Models of the early …

Dyadic interactions associated with maternal depression and anxiety may perpetuate
maternal mental illness and impact infant attachment. Individual and maternal-dyadic …

Marked endocrine alterations occur after delivery. Most women cope well with these
changes, but the postpartum period is associated with an increased risk of depressive …

Childhood adversity increases risk of psychological and physical disorders. The
comprehensive psychosomatic assessment of an individual's vulnerability to illness includes …

Objective. Recognizing that not all mothers at risk for depression engage in insensitive
parenting, this study examined predictors of individual differences in sensitive parenting of …

Neuroimaging provides robust evidence to demonstrate the functional and structural deficits
in childhood and adult survivors of child maltreatment. These deficits mirror the …

Objective. Mothers with psychiatric diagnoses have been found to be generally less
responsive and sensitive when interacting with their children, but studies of the quality of …

Objective: To describe the clinical population of women admitted to a Mother–Baby Unit in
Adelaide, South Australia and to evaluate changes during admission in both Axes I and II …

Abstract Approximately 10–20% of children and young people aged 0–25 years have
significant mental health problems, with 50% of mental illnesses commencing before the …