Introducing mother-baby interaction therapy for mothers with postpartum depression and their infants

Postpartum depression (PPD) has profound adverse effects on the mother-infant relationship that persist despite resolving maternal depressive symptoms (Forman et al., 2007). Although women with PPD may experience symptom improvement, standard treatment does not necessarily improve the quality of the mother-infant interaction or address impairments in the relationship (Forman et al., 2007). The effects of PPD may derail the mother-infant relationship because mothers typically are less sensitive, responsive, and contingent in interaction with their infants than mothers without PPD (Barry, Kochanska,& Philibert, 2008; Feldman, 2009; Field, 2010; Ford-Jones, Williams,& Bertrand, 2008; Murray, 1992; Raposa, Hammen, Brennan,& Najman, 2014).
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research