Citation

Brockington IF, Aucamp HM, Fraser C. Arch. Women Ment. Health 2006; 9(5): 243-251.

Affiliation

University of Birmingham, Bredenbury, UK. i.f.brockington@bham.ac.uk

Comment In:

Arch Womens Ment Health 2006;9(5):229-31

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00737-006-0133-0

PMID

16699838

Abstract

We assessed the frequency of severe disorders of the mother-infant relationship in over 200 mothers referred to services in Birmingham and Christchurch, all of whom were interviewed using the Birmingham Interview for Maternal Mental Health. 10.6% had established rejection and 14.6% threatened rejection of their infants. 28.6% had various degrees of pathological anger, which was severe in 8.3%. Rejection was strongly associated with unwanted pregnancy and lack of interaction with the foetus.

Language: en