Download or read book Maternal mental health during pregnancy: associations with breastfeeding and infant temperament written by Rita Amiel Castro and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depression is the most predominant of all childbearing mental illnesses and a leading cause of disability in women in reproductive age (O’Hara & Swain, 1996; Nobel, 2005). Previous research has shown that high levels of depression or anxiety in women during pregnancy double their children’s risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorders, difficult temperament and behavioural problems later on (O'Connor, Heron, Golding, Beveridge & Glover, 2002). Prenatal depression and anxiety contribute an estimated 10-15% of the variance in these outcomes (Talge, Neal & Glover, 2007).