Mother-Infant Bonding in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Furkan Bahadır Alptekin1, Buket Belkız Güngör2, Nalan Öztürk2
1Kurtalan State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Siirt, Turkey.
Introduction:
The quality of mother-infant bonding might play a role in future psychopathologies of the infant. The present study aims to compare the mother-infant bonding in mothers with remitted bipolar disorder (BD) and healthy mothers.
Methods:
We included 51 mothers who have bipolar disorder in remission and 53 healthy mothers during postpartum one-year period. All participants were interviewed with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV). Young Mania Rating Scale and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale were given to the patient group to evaluate depressive and manic symptoms. Mother-infant bonding in both groups were evaluated with the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire (PBQ).
Results:
There was no significant difference in PBQ scores between the bipolar group and the control group. Age was negatively correlated with PBQ scores in the patient group.
Conclusion:
Women with bipolar disorder can develop healthy bonding patterns with their babies, during remission.
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