Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms from pregnancy to late childhood in a UK-birth cohort: Reciprocal and bidirectional effects
These findings have important implications for screening, prevention and intervention programmes. Depression in one parent may require screening efforts directed at the other parent, with prevention and intervention programmes focused on the family, rather than one parent.
Authors
- Jon Heron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-5644)
- Eivor Fredriksen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-4480)
- Tina Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-3151)
- Nicola Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-2051)
- Alan L. Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-2822)
- Gemma Hammerton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7781-3857)
- Iryna Culpin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5086-987X)
- Marc H. Bornstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-8427)
- Rebecca M. Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-3400)
- Esther Dermott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0427-2591)
- Jonathan Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-640X)
Institutions
- Manchester Metropolitan University (GB)
- Oxford Brookes University (GB)
- Statistics Norway (NO)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- At Bristol (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120855
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88