The role of rumination in post-natal depression and its impact on sensitivity to infant cues. (360G-Wellcome-106284_Z_14_Z)

£205,573

Postnatal depression (PND) is a major public health issue that confers risk for a range of negative effects on child development. Many of these effects are mediated by disturbances in mother-infant interactions. There is therefore a need to develop interventions that effectively target these interactions. Recent research highlights the importance of maternal cognitive processes, particularly rumination, in PND. Rumination comprises persistent negative thoughts and narrowed focus of attention, which impairs the ability to attend and respond to the outside world. It therefore provides a possible mechanism through which PND impairs maternal responsivity to the infant. The proposed research will examine mechanisms through which rumination in PND affects maternal responsivity. The specific goals are to establish the ways in which rumination affects perception of infant facial and vocal cues and to test whether cognitive training procedures improve responsivity to these infant cues. The project will also elucidate whether any improvements in maternal responsivity to these cues in laboratory tasks generalise to improvements in mother-infant interactions. Finally, neuroimaging will be used to examine neural mechanisms of infant facial cue processing before and after induced rumination, in non-depressed adults.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 205573
Applicant Surname Dejong
Approval Committee PhD Studentships
Award Date 2014-08-29T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2013/14
Grant Programme: Title PhD Training Fellowship for Clinicians
Internal ID 106284/Z/14/Z
Lead Applicant Dr Hannah Dejong
Partnership Value 205573
Planned Dates: End Date 2020-03-13T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2014-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South East
Sponsor(s) Prof David Clark