Zax Melvin, Sameroff Arnold J, Babigian Haroutun M
University of Rochester.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 1977 Apr;47(2):218-230. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1977.tb00977.x.
The course of pregnancy and birth were studied among schizophrenic, neurotic depressive, and personality-disordered women, compared to a normal control group. The lighter birthweight of schizophrenic women's offspring was found more strongly related to the severity and chronicity of their mental illness than to the diagnosis itself. Children of neurotic depressive women had lower APGAR scores and more fetal deaths.
