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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 188, Issue -, Pages 284-285Publisher
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.012096
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Depression following childbirth is associated with poor child growth in developing countries. We describe the association between psychological morbidity during pregnancy and low birth weight (< 2.5 kg). A cohort of 270 mothers was recruited from a district hospital in Goa, India; all mothers were interviewed with a screening questionnaire for psychological morbidity Babies of 250 mothers were reviewed at birth to measure their weight, Excluding 5 premature babies, we found that maternal psychological morbidity was independently associated with low birth weight (odds ratio 1.44,95% CI 1.00-2.07). We conclude that maternal psychological morbidity has an adverse impact on foetal growth.
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