Increased maternal new-onset psychiatric disorders after delivering a child with a major anomaly: a cohort study.
Acta Psychiatr Scand
; 142(4): 264-274, 2020 10.
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BACKGROUND: The birth of a child with a major congenital anomaly may create chronic caregiving stress for mothers, yet little is known about their psychiatric outcomes. AIMS: To evaluate the association of the birth of a child with a major congenital anomaly with subsequent maternal psychiatric risk. METHODS: This Danish nationwide cohort study included mothers who gave birth to an infant with a major congenital anomaly (n = 19 220) between 1997 and 2015. Comparators were randomly selected mothers, matched on maternal age, year of delivery and parity (n = 195 399). The primary outcome was any new-onset psychiatric diagnosis. Secondary outcomes included specific psychiatric diagnoses, psychiatric in-patient admissions and redeemed psychoactive medicines. Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs), adjusted for socioeconomic and medical variables. RESULTS: Mothers of affected infants had an elevated risk for a new-onset psychiatric disorder vs. the comparison group (adjusted HR, 1.16, 95% CI 1.11-1.22). The adjusted HR was particularly elevated during the first postpartum year (1.65, 95% CI 1.42-1.90), but remained high for years, especially among mothers of children with multiorgan anomalies (1.37, 95% CI 1.18-1.57). The risk was also elevated for most specific psychiatric diagnoses, admissions and medicines. CONCLUSIONS: Mothers who give birth to a child with a major congenital anomaly are at increased risk of new-onset psychiatric disorders, especially shortly after birth and for mothers of children with more severe anomalies. Our study highlights the need to screen for mental illness in this high-risk population, as well as to integrate adult mental health services and paediatric care.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos Mentales
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Madres
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
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Revista:
Acta Psychiatr Scand
Año:
2020
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Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos