Does mother’s depression affect baby’s attention to emotions?
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how babies of mothers with depression pay attention to emotional faces. Researchers want to learn if these babies show different patterns of attention to happy or sad cues, which could help understand early development.
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Who can take part
- Your baby must be a single child born full-term (after 37 weeks) and healthy, with no birth complications.
- Babies in the high-risk group have mothers who had at least one episode of major depression since the baby’s birth.
- If you’re in the low-risk group, you must have no personal history of depression or any other mental health condition.
- Mothers cannot have a current or past alcohol or substance use disorder during pregnancy, or a lifetime history of bipolar or psychotic disorders.
Quick eligibility check
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