This review aims to summarize the diverse proposed pathophysiological mechanisms
contributing to postpartum depression, highlighting both clinical and basic science research�…

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Pregnancy and postpartum are
associated with dramatic alterations in steroid and peptide hormones which alter the�…

This paper is the third in the Child Development Series. The first paper showed that more
than 200 million children under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their�…

The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and correlates of acute stress
disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers and fathers, and�…

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Early mother–infant relationships play
important roles in infants' optimal development. New mothers undergo neurobiological�…

Researchers have renewed an interest in the harmful consequences of poverty on child
development. This study builds on this work by focusing on one mechanism that links�…

Summary We used the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) to estimate deaths averted if midwifery was
scaled up in 78 countries classified into three tertiles using the Human Development Index�…

This study investigated associations among third‐grade teachers'(N= 27) symptoms of
depression, quality of the classroom‐learning environment (CLE), and students'(N= 523�…

Background Paternal depression has been associated with suboptimal developmental
outcomes in offspring. We sought to systematically review the research evidence from�…

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�…