RxPG News Feed for RxPG News

Medical Research Health Special Topics World
  Home
 
   Health
 Aging
 Asian Health
 Events
 Fitness
 Food & Nutrition
 Happiness
 Men's Health
 Mental Health
 Occupational Health
 Parenting
 Public Health
 Sleep Hygiene
 Women's Health
 
   Healthcare
 Africa
 Australia
 Canada Healthcare
 China Healthcare
 India Healthcare
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 UK
 USA
 World Healthcare
 
   Latest Research
 Aging
 Alternative Medicine
 Anaethesia
 Biochemistry
 Biotechnology
 Cancer
 Cardiology
 Clinical Trials
 Cytology
 Dental
 Dermatology
 Embryology
 Endocrinology
 ENT
 Environment
 Epidemiology
 Gastroenterology
 Genetics
 Gynaecology
 Haematology
 Immunology
 Infectious Diseases
 Medicine
 Metabolism
 Microbiology
 Musculoskeletal
 Nephrology
 Neurosciences
 Obstetrics
 Ophthalmology
 Orthopedics
 Paediatrics
 Pathology
 Pharmacology
 Physiology
 Physiotherapy
 Psychiatry
  Anorexia Nervosa
  Anxiety
  Bulimia
  CFS
  Child Psychiatry
  Depression
   Antidepressants
  Forensic Psychiatry
  Learning-Disabilities
  Mood Disorders
  Neuropsychiatry
  Peri-Natal Psychiatry
  Personality Disorders
  Psychology
  Psychoses
  Psychotherapy
  Sleep Disorders
  Substance Abuse
  Suicide
 Radiology
 Rheumatology
 Sports Medicine
 Surgery
 Toxicology
 Urology
 
   Medical News
 Awards & Prizes
 Epidemics
 Launch
 Opinion
 Professionals
 
   Special Topics
 Ethics
 Euthanasia
 Evolution
 Feature
 Odd Medical News
 Climate

Last Updated: Oct 11, 2012 - 10:22:56 PM
Depression Channel

subscribe to Depression newsletter
Latest Research : Psychiatry : Depression

   EMAIL   |   PRINT
Incubator care at birth reduces depression risk in adult life

Nov 15, 2008 - 11:12:16 AM
'We believe that incubator care is a trigger for a complex chain of biological and emotional factors that helped decrease depression,' he said.

 
[RxPG] Toronto, Nov 12 - A Canadian study says babies who receive incubator care after birth are two to three times less likely to suffer depression in their adult life.


The study was conducted by scientists from Montreal University, in collaboration with researchers from Montreal-based Sainte Justine Hospital Research Center, McGill University and Douglas Hospital Research Centre and the Britain-based Institute of Psychiatry at King's College over a period of many years.

The research was undertaken following observations about mammal behaviour where separation between mother and child after birth can lead to behavioural problems in adulthood.

'Our hypothesis was that mother-baby separation resulting from incubator care could heighten depression in adolescence or adulthood,' said study co-author and psychiatrist Richard E. Tremblay of Montreal University Monday.

'Instead, we found that incubator care could decrease the risk of depression two-to-three fold by the age of 21,' he added. It was close to three times for girls.

As part of the study, 1,212 children were recruited from kindergartens. These children had been picked up for another study in 1986.

The researchers obtained reports on their birth condition, obstetrical complications and incubator care from medical records.

After subjecting these participants to psychiatric assessments at the ages of 15 and 21, the researchers found that out of the 16.5 percent babies placed in incubators, only five percent suffered major depression by age 21.

Among those who were not placed in incubators, nine percent developed depression, which is the average rate in society.

The researchers found correlation between decreased depression and incubator care after factoring participant age, weight at birth, family adversity or maternal depression.

They also found that girls were three times less likely to experience depression by the age of 15 if they had received incubator care at birth.

'This difference was due to the fact that more girls experience depression than boys during adolescence and how boys suffer depression in later adolescent years,' said study co-author Frank Vitaro of Montreal University.

According to the researchers, children who received incubator care as babies, received more emotional support from their mothers throughout childhood because they were perceived as more vulnerable.

'Incubator care was not the sole factor that shielded participants from future depression,' said psychiatrist David Gourion of Montreal University.

'We believe that incubator care is a trigger for a complex chain of biological and emotional factors that helped decrease depression,' he said.

The study has been published in the journal Pyschiatry Research.





Advertise in this space for $10 per month. Contact us today.


Related Depression News
Does Dad's stress affect his unborn children?
Unhealthy eating leads to increased depression
Online CBT is Effective in Depression & Panic Disorders: RCT
Care Management Reduces Suicidal Ideation in Geriatric Depression
Incubator care at birth reduces depression risk in adult life
Depression during pregnancy doubles risk of premature delivery
Depression is wrongly seen as natural part of getting older
Depression increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
Antidepressants that are more efficient and faster
Depressed older people risk losing their minds

Subscribe to Depression Newsletter

Enter your email address:


 Feedback
For any corrections of factual information, to contact the editors or to send any medical news or health news press releases, use feedback form

Top of Page

 
Contact us

RxPG Online

Nerve

 

    Full Text RSS

© All rights reserved by RxPG Medical Solutions Private Limited (India)