The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin Administration on Sensitive Caregiving in Mothers with Postnatal Depression

• Published in: Child psychiatry and human development Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 308 - 315
• Main Authors: Mah, Beth L., Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H., Out, Dorothee, Smith, Roger, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Administration, Intranasal; Adult; Auditory Perception; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Blindness; Caregivers; Child and School Psychology; Child Rearing; Clinical outcomes; Community Relations; Community Study; Depression; Depression (Psychology); Depression, Postpartum - diagnosis; Depression, Postpartum - psychology; Depression, Postpartum - therapy; Double-Blind Method; Emotional Development; Empathy; Feedback (Response); Female; Harsh; Hormones; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior - psychology; Infants; Interpersonal Competence; Intranasal administration; Male; Management; Maternal Behavior - drug effects; Maternal Behavior - psychology; Maternal depression; Mental disorders; Mother-Child Relations - psychology; Mother-infant relations; Mothers; Nasal sprays; Neonates; Original; Original Article; Outcome Measures; Oxytocics - administration & dosage; Oxytocin; Oxytocin - administration & dosage; Parenting - psychology; Parenting Styles; Parents; Parents & parenting; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy; Prescription drugs; Psychiatry; Psychology; Treatment Outcome; Visual Perception; Young Children; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland; Edinburgh Scotland; Maternal behaviour; Depression; Postnatal; Oxytocin; Postpartum

Postnatal depression (PND) is common and negatively affects the mother–infant relationship; oxytocin (OT) has been found to have positive effects on parenting, although psychiatric disorders may reduce these effects. Thus, we explored the role of OT in mothers diagnosed with PND. A within-subject, r...