That Parental Bond May Be All In Your Head

Reuters

LONDON - The parental bond may be all in the mind, according to a study published on Wednesday that pinpoints a possible region of the brain key to an instinctive desire to care for and nurture infants.

This discovery helps answer the evolutionary question of why we view babies as special and could help doctors better identify people suffering from postnatal depression, the researchers at the University of Oxford said in the journal PLoS One.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23360325/

More on This

Negative Mental Health Consequences of Unwanted Child Birth and Restricted ...

Everyone’s Problem: Spotting Postpartum Depression in Both Moms and Dads

Even Adele Had to Deal With Postpartum Depression

8 Ways to Cope with Child Loss During Mother’s Day

Tags:

• Postpartum Depression