Assessing Parent–Infant Bonding in a Community Perinatal Mental Health Service
This analysis provides evidence of a pathway between early parent-infant bond and later psychopathology symptoms, which exists independently from the pathway between psychopathology symptoms at intake and discharge alone. These findings support embedding self-report assessments of parent-infant bond, in addition to measures of psychopathology, to better predict patient outcomes at discharge from a PMH service.
Authors
- Grace Baptie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0073-0359)
- Camilla Rosan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0132-0618)
- Kim Alyousefi‐van Dijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-6732)
- Karen Yirmiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-3957)
- Cathy Coombs
Institutions
- Anna Freud Centre (GB)
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.70036
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00