NEUR 3502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mood Disorder, Etiology, Serotonergic
15 Jul 2020
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Less relaxed or content: more drowsy or fussy, engage in less toy exploration, rated as crying more, difficult to soothe, school aged children: higher rates of psychiatric disorders. Less focused play: developmental stage-specific effects of maternal depression, prenatal stage, poor nutrition. Inadequate prenatal care: when the mother is depressed, it could contribute to the nutritional aspect of pregnancy, not because the child is depressed but because the mother being depressed causes her behaviours to change. e. g eats less (baby gets less nutrition), mother takes less care of herself and is less aware: higher preterm birth and low birth weight, higher incidence of spontaneous abortion. Infants: anger and protective style of coping, passivity and problems with attention. Less mature expression of autonomy compared to peers and lower interaction with peers: cognitive: Limited twin studies: genetic influence high (at least for symptoms), but only in particular circumstances, genetic influence, effect of genes on development of childhood depression not clear.
