Children of mothers with clinical depression are at risk to develop depression - Hindustan Times

Children with a maternal history of depression were more likely to have reduced reward-related brain activity in the ventral striatum, but only if their mothers reported less enthusiastic and more dampening responses to their children's positive emotions, the…

According to a new study, children of mothers with clinical depression are at three times greater risk to develop depression themselves than their low-risk peers. The research was published in the j… [+2939 chars]

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