Maternal depression and anxiety effects
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John N.I. Dieter; Eugene K. Emory; Katrina C. Johnson; B. Denise Raynor
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Newborns of depressed and anxious mothers show biobehavioral abnormalities suggesting that maternal psychological distress has negative effects on the fetus. Two studies examined the fetuses of depressed and nondepressed mothers: (a) a crossβsectional investigation of fetal activity dur