In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporte d that in the United States “5.5% of all births were to women who reported smoking cigarettes at any time during pregnancy.” That ...

Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's brain develops, with effects that last well beyond childhood. But families ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. Mothers bear much of the ...

Andrew Whitehouse receives funding from the NHMRC, the Angela Wright Bennett Foundation and the Autism CRC. Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

Postpartum maternal mental health and mother-to-infant bonding are well-established as critical factors in a child's psychosocial development. However, few studies have explored the combined impact of ...