title: Maternal-Infant interaction in women with unipoloar and bipolar depression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One percent of women experience bipolar disorder and are likely to suffer from mood disorders during the postpartum period, potentially impacting interaction with their infants. The purpose of this study was to describe maternal-infant interactions in women with bipolar depression at 12 months postpartum and to compare interactions to women with unipolar depression and a control group.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a descriptive design, maternal-infant interactions in women with bipolar disorder (n=40) were videotaped, coded, and analyzed for maternal sensitivity and maternal-infant reciprocity and compared to maternal-infant interaction in women with unipolar depression (n=50) and women without depression (n=40).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with bipolar depression had lower scores on both maternal sensitivity and infant reciprocity, but differences were nonsignificant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This research is the first study to examine maternal-infant interaction in women with bipolar disorder, and important trends were noted. Future research should examine maternal-infant interaction at earlier time periods.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Louisville and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research, University of Louisville Hospital/Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 555S. Floyd Street Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Electronic address: Mclogs01@louisville.edu.
authors.forename: M Cynthia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Logsdon
authors.affiliation: Betty and David Jones Undergraduate Scholar, School of Nursing, University of Louisville. Electronic address: Meghanem34@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Meghan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mittelberg
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Louisville. Electronic address: Aejacob25@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alexandra E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh. Electronic address: lutherj@edc.pitt.edu.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh. Electronic address: wisniew@edc.pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wisniewski
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Electronic address: confal@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Confer
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh. Electronic address: eng@edc.pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Electronic address: Katherine.wisner@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wisner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bipolar; Depression; Maternal–Infant interaction