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Sensorimotor and cognitive development of infants of mothers with schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

K. Yoshida ,
M. N. Marks ,
M. Craggs ,
B. Smith  and
R. Kumar
K. Yoshida
Affiliation:
Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
M. N. Marks*
Affiliation:
Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
M. Craggs
Affiliation:
Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
B. Smith
Affiliation:
Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
R. Kumar
Affiliation:
Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
M. N. Marks, Section of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AR Tel: 0171919 3214
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Abstract

Background

The parenting environment provided by mothers with schizophrenia is likely to contribute to the cognitive impairment observed in their offspring.

Aims

To assess the relative contribution of maternal schizophrenia, obstetric factors and mothers' lifestyle to the cognitive development of infants in their first year.

Method

The Bayley Scales of Infant Development were administered to 19 infants of mothers with schizophrenia, 34 with non-psychotic depression in the mother, 29 with affective psychosis in the mother and 24 normal controls when the babies were two and seven months of age.

Results

At two months, infants of mothers with schizophrenia and of those with affective psychosis had lower mental development index (MDI) scores than controls. At seven months, infants of mothers with schizophrenia had lower MDI scores than all other groups. When infant birth weight and mothers' social class were taken into account there was no effect of maternal schizophrenia on infants' MDI scores.

Conclusions

Infants of mothers with schizophrenia are likely to have impaired cognitive development. This may be due in part to environmental factors such as the mother's lifestyle.

Type
Preliminary Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 380 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Footnotes

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust.

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