Offspring of women with nonorganic psychosis: mother‐infant interaction at three days of age

Abstract

Mother-infant interaction during a feeding was studied at about 3 days of age in 51 index mother-infant pairs in which the mother had a history of nonorganic psychosis and in 73 demographically similar control pairs. Interaction was significantly more negative and deviant in index than control cases, index mothers establishing a significantly more negative emotional climate and less harmony in feeding, evidencing more tension and uncertainty, and showing less social contact toward the infant. Index infants showed significantly less social contact toward the mother and index pairs less reciprocal visual contact than did controls. While the Schizophrenic, Cycloid and Nonendogenous Psychoses groups each differed from their matched controls on a number of variables, the Affective group was not in any way more negative than its controls on interaction.

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).…”

Cognitive and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms by Which Congenital or Early Blindness May Confer a Protective Effect Against Schizophrenia

“…In addition, odor perception is important in forming bonds with peers in childhood (Sullivan, 2000). It is therefore interesting that risk for schizophrenia is associated with problems in maternal attachment (demonstrated at 3 days, 1, and 6 years of age; Naslund et al, 1984; Persson-Blennow et al, 1984; McNeil and Kaij, 1987), increased stress reactivity (Myin-Germeys and van Os, 2007), and fewer peer relationships (Schenkel and Silverstein, 2004), as well as olfactory processing deficits (Brewer et al, 2003). …”