Prenatal Depression affects a child's ability to develop

Women who experience depression during pregnancy often, increased risk that their children will be left behind in the development of their colleagues, according to British scientists. It has long been known that maternal postpartum depression affects a child's development, but was the first to find such a relationship in the prenatal period. The study was published in the journal BJOG. Scientists have the study, which was attended by 11,098 women and their babies, who were born between 1991 and 1992. The researchers examined the degree of depression during pregnancy and the effects it has on children's development. They found that women who regularly suffer from depression during pregnancy, the likelihood of problems in the development of a 50% higher. However, scientists have come to believe that the 34% increased risk of problems in the child's development can to some other factors. Scientists have not been able to figure out. The exact mechanism of the effect of prenatal depression on the development of children, but just found out that prenatal depression have an impact on children's development has, in the aftermath of postpartum depression