Early cognitive and motor development in offspring of mothers with severe mental illness
Public defence of PhD thesis by Emilie Nayberg.
Developmental delay and deviations in cognitive and motor domains have been found in offspring of parents with severe mental illness (SMI). Infant neurobehavioral characteristics such as neonatal stress and abstinence signs and quality of early mother-infant interaction have been found to be affected by maternal SMI and might influence infant developmental outcomes. In three empirical studies, thesis aims to explore characteristics and potential predictors of cognitive and motor development during the first year of life in a sample of offspring of mothers with SMI and offspring of non-clinical controls.
Assessment committee
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Emilie Nayberg Professor Stig Poulsen, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chair)
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Professor Kaija Puura, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampera University, Finland
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Professor Anne Amalie Elgaard Thorup, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Supervisor
- Professor emerita Susanne Harder, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Reception
After the defence, there will be a reception at the Department of Psychology, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, room 03.2.M202, 1353 Copenhagen.
