Offspring of women with nonorganic psychosis: mother‐infant interaction at three and six weeks of age

Abstract

Mother-infant interaction during feeding and in an unstructured play situation was studied in the home at 3 weeks and 6 weeks of age in index mother-infant pairs in which the mother had a history of nonorganic psychosis (n = 42 and 51 at 3 and 6 weeks, respectively) and in demographically similar control pairs (n = 60 and 78). At both ages, interaction was significantly more negative in index than control cases, index mothers showing increased tension and a lack of harmony, decreased social contact, and reduced sensitivity to the infant's needs. Fewer significant differences were found between index and control infants. Mothers in the Schizophrenic, Cycloid and Nonendogenous groups evidenced more negative interaction characteristics than did their matched controls, but the Affective group was not in any way more negative than its controls.

Effects of novel antipsychotics, amisulpiride and aripiprazole, on maternal behavior in rats

“…Schizophrenic mothers, in general, show less positive emotional responses and less social contact with their infants than do healthy mothers Naslund et al 1985;Persson-Blennow et al 1984, 1986. They are more remote, silent, and insensitive during mother-infant play (Riordan et al 1999;Snellen et al 1999).…”

Antipsychotic drugs on maternal behavior in rats

“…Studies on the mother-child relationship reveal that the quality of maternal care from schizophrenic mothers is generally inferior to that from healthy mothers (Bosanac et al , 2003; Wan et al , 2008b). It has been reported that mothers with schizophrenia show fewer positive emotional responses and less social contact with their infants than do healthy mothers (Persson-Blennow et al , 1984; McNeil et al , 1985; Naslund et al , 1985; Persson-Blennow et al , 1986). They are generally more remote, silent, insensitive, and unresponsive during mother-infant play, and they are less demanding of their infants (Riordan et al , 1999; Snellen et al , 1999).…”

Sedation and disruption of maternal motivation underlie the disruptive effects of antipsychotic treatment on rat maternal behavior

“…In comparison with healthy mothers and those with other mental disorders, schizophrenic mothers are more remote, self-absorbed, intrusive, flaccid, insensitive and unresponsive, and less demanding when taking care of their infants (McNeil et al, 1985; Näslund et al, 1985; Persson-Blennow et al, 1984, 1986; Riordan et al, 1999; Snellen et al, 1999; Wan et al, 2007). The speech of mothers with schizophrenia is less infant-focused, more negative, and with fewer songs and rhymes (Wan et al, 2008).…”