Topic:The impact of maternal depression or other mental healthissues on the emerging parent child relationship.
Don’t feel like you have to limit yourself to just negative or positive impacts. As you research your topic keep an open mind and consider the research within the context of your own personal and professional experience. Anytime you come across ameliorative techniques, make sure to mention them.
You are expected to read at least five articles and document which articles you have read in a bibliography. The paper must be a minimum of 1000 words.
All of the articles have to be from peer reviewed journals. By this I mean, edited journals with stature as scholarly publications, where articles are submitted and reviewed. Journals of professional organizations or research reviews would probably qualify. I expect you will use the library as well as the internet.
In your report, describe the content of each of the articles, particularly what the articles suggest about how your topic might impact on a child and/or family and the child’s social and emotional development.
Next, share your personal reaction and thoughts concerning the articles. You may use your intuitions to discuss possible implications beyond what is demonstrated in the articles, but be careful about making moral judgments. The goal is to think deeply about the potential of the risk factor you are assigned to disrupt and or support the parent child bond.
