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Effects of Depressed Mothers on Infants In studying disturbed interactions of depressed mothers and their newborns, it has helped us realize the importance of early interactions with infants that can effect later development. Infants who interact with depressed mothers (particularly chronically depressed mothers) have a higher risk for later negative social interaction and behavioral problems. Depressed behavior in mothers is related to affective and disturbances in infants (Abrams, Field, Scafidi, & Prodromidis, 1995). Depressed mothers and their …

…have proven can improve on the development of infants with depressed mothers, two of those techniques given earlier. However, although there have been thorough investigation on infants of depressed mothers, there are should be more information using a sequential design. To study how these infants develop socially and physically into the later stages in life such as adolescents, which can perhaps lead to better techniques to engage this problem in early child development. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**