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Mom's depression leaves kids at risk for developmental delay

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Mom's depression leaves kids at risk for developmental delay MedPage Today Canadian children whose mothers had depression were more likely to be developmentally vulnerable upon entering the school system, researchers reported. Among 52,103 mom-child pairs, kids exposed to maternal depression within their first 5 years of life had a 17% greater risk of scoring in the bottom 10% on at least one developmental domain in kindergarten compared with children who were not exposed to maternal depression (adjusted relative ratio 1.17, 95% CI 1.11-1.23), reported Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, PhD, of Stanford University, and colleagues. READ MORE

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