Risk of Depression in the Adolescent and Adult Offspring of Mothers With Perinatal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Maternal depression during pregnancy is associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties of offspring during childhood that can increase the risk of depression in adolescence and adulthood.

Objective

To investigate the association between perinatal maternal depression and an increased long-term risk of depression in their adolescent and adult offspring.

Data sources

A systematic search of the electronic databases of PubMed and PsycINFO was conducted from May 2019 to June 2019.

Study selection

A total of 6309 articles were identified, of which 88 articles were extracted for full-text review by 2 reviewers. Only articles reporting data from prospective longitudinal studies that assessed maternal depression during antenatal and/or postnatal periods

SUBMITTER: Tirumalaraju V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7327545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature