Depression has a profound impact on parameters of interpersonal behaviour (Lewinsohn et
al. 1970; Libert & Lewinsohn, 1973; Teasdale et al. 1980). Studies of healthy mother–infant …

Methods This article is based on a review of the recent research concerned with the impact
of postnatal depression on child development, and the epidemiology, prediction, detection …

Interventions that train parents to share picture books with children are seen as a strategy for
supporting child language development. We conducted meta‐analyses using robust …

Concerns about body shape are common among young women in Western cultures, and, in
an extreme form, they constitute a central feature of the eating disorders anorexia nervosa …

The EDE is a semistructured interview which has been developed as a measure of the
specific psychopathology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. To establish its …

The study was based on an index group of 49 mothers who had had depressive disorders in
the post-natal year, and 49 control mothers who had been free from any psychiatric disorder …

BackgroundIt is unclear whether the causative factors of non-psychotic postnatal depression
are the same as those of depression at other times. MethodThe course and recurrence of …

Objective This article describes the use of a slightly modified version of the Eating Disorders
Examination (EDE) in children. Methods: Sixteen children aged between 7 and 14 years …

BackgroundPost-partum depression in the developing world has received tittle research
attention, and its association with disturbances in the mother–infant relationship is unknown …

BackgroundPsychological interventions for postnatal depression can be beneficial in the
short term but their longer-term impact is unknown. AimsTo evaluate the long-term effect on …