Maternal depression, anxiety, stress, and maternal-infant attachment in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that NICU admission may heighten maternal risk for psychiatric symptoms, and maternal-infant attachment in the NICU may be an important correlate of maternal anxiety and stress symptoms. PMID: 31795733 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: J Reprod Infant Psychol Source Type: research