Psychiatry Research EG

Manifestations of the children’s response to maternal mental suffering varies depending in part on the child’s age and stage. While adolescents might leave school and develop a dependency on alcohol or other drugs, an infant may fail to thrive (Kush, 1989). With an under five mortality of 94/1000, a value estimated by UNICEF to categorize Egypt among the countries with a high under five mortality and with the inefficiency of primary level maternal and child care units, the relatedness of infant’s failure to grow to their mother’s psychological make up is worth attending to.
The present study aims at investigating the relationship between maternal psychiatric morbidity and their infants’ rate of growth. The former will also be discussed in the socio-economic context and availability of health services for those mothers.