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ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 901-906Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.09.001
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Epigenetics; Infant mental health; Maternal psychosocial stress; Prenatal development
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This paper provides a summary of literature on epigenetic effects and infant health outcomes of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy. A search of literature yielded a large body of publications between 2008 and 2018. Relevant articles were selected, and additional sources were located from ancestry searches of reference lists. Results implicate maternal prenatal stress as a source of epigenetic mechanisms that affect fetal brain development and program risk for emotional dysregulation and mental disorders over a lifetime and across generations. Implications for nursing practice are explored at multiple levels of policy advocacy, public education, primary prevention, screening and intervention.
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