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Mother’s Depression Linked to Shorter Children

Quoted: While the study does not indicate when the symptoms of depression began for the women or for how long the symptoms persisted, it?s likely that in order for the depression to have affected the child, the mother may have been depressed for months, according to Dr. Kenneth Robbins, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, who was not associated with the study.