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Medically treating post-partum depression may not be enough to improve a mother's relationship with her baby, and is only part of the equation, according to a new study done in part by the University of Alberta.
The other essential factor is giving struggling new mothers basic tools to read behavioral cues from their babies and effectively respond to their needs, said Dr. Robert Short, a co-author on the study and professor of educational psychology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. The pilot study of 11 mild to moderately depressed mothers and their babies showed that when the women were taught how to react to their babies' emotional cues, the infants responded with heightened levels of interest and joy, even though their mothers' depression levels did not change.
"They were able to be positive for their babies despite their own struggles," Short said.
The study, which also included research from the University of New Brunswick, appears in this month's issue of......

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