Megan Galbally

Antidepressant exposure in pregnancy and child sensorimotor and visuospatial development.

Megan Galbally, Stuart J Watson, Olav Spigset, Philip Boyce, Tim F Oberlander, Andrew J Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  J Psychiatr Res

Motor development underlies many aspects of education and learning. There has been uncertainty about the impact of exposure of ant..

Maternal psychosocial predictors of pacifier use in a mother-infant interaction task: An observational study from the MPEWS pregnancy cohort.

Kelli K MacMillan, Andrew J Lewis, Stuart J Watson, Josephine Power, Megan Galbally

Journal article  |  2020  |  Infant Behav Dev

The prevalence of pacifier use is high but when it occurs outside of the recommended sleep context, it becomes more controversial...

Maternal perinatal depression, circulating oxytocin levels and childhood emotional disorders at 4 years of age: The importance of psychosocial context.

Megan Galbally, Stuart J Watson, Jeff Keelan, Kelli K MacMillan, Josephine Power, Marinus van IJzendoorn, Andrew J Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  J Psychiatr Res

Oxytocin has been a hormone of interest in understanding both depression and parenting. Here, the role of oxytocin has been explor..

Health practitioners' recognition and management of postpartum obsessive-compulsive thoughts of infant harm.

Melissa Mulcahy, Clare Rees, Megan Galbally, Rebecca Anderson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Arch Womens Ment Health

The postpartum period has been associated with elevated rates of onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) among women, with a ..

From attachment to mental health and back.

Megan Galbally, Alan Stein, Cecilia Ambrosius Hoegfeldt, Marinus van IJzendoorn

Journal article  |  2020  |  Lancet Psychiatry

Maternal trauma and emotional availability in early mother-infant interaction: findings from the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Well-being Study (MPEWS) cohort.

Kelli K MacMillan, Andrew J Lewis, Stuart J Watson, Brendan Jansen, Megan Galbally

Journal article  |  2020  |  Attach Hum Dev

Understanding how a mother's traumatic experiences influence her interactions with her infant may have importance for understandin..

The mother, the infant and the mother-infant relationship: What is the impact of antidepressant medication in pregnancy.

Megan Galbally, Stuart J Watson, Philip Boyce, Thinh Nguyen, Andrew J Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  J Affect Disord

BACKGROUND: Both antidepressant use and depression in pregnancy have the potential to impact on outcomes for the women, their moth..

The perinatal origins of childhood anxiety disorders and the role of early-life maternal predictors.

Megan Galbally, Stuart J Watson, Elisabeth FC van Rossum, Wai Chen, Edo Ronald de Kloet, Andrew J Lewis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Psychol Med

BACKGROUND: The development of childhood anxiety disorders (CADs) is likely to depend on pathways that can be programmed by early-..

The impact of maternal perinatal depression on exposure to reading and screen time for their infants: pilot findings from the MPEWS Study

Grace Cowderoy, Josephine Power, Andrew Lewis, Stuart Watson, Megan Galbally

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between maternal depression and the screen and reading time experienced by their infants. ME..

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with depressive symptoms in pregnancy.

Karen Redhead, Jennifer Walsh, Megan Galbally, John P Newnham, Stuart J Watson, Peter Eastwood

Journal article  |  2020  |  Sleep

STUDY OBJECTIVES: In pregnancy, the prevalence of both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and depression increases. Research reveals an..