Publications

In Press

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Sloss, I., Wade, M., Prime, H., Browne, D.T. (in press). Two-year trajectories of psychopathology and differential parenting during COVID-19: A Sibling Study. Journal of Family Psychology.​

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2025

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*Johnson, D., Colman, I., Georgiades, K., Wade, M. (2025). Interactions between early-life adversity, pandemic stress, and social support on psychiatric disorders in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, PMID: 40304794.

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Demy, J., Jambon, M., Wade, M., Muise, A., & Prime, H. (2025). Secondary Benefits of a Brief Couples Intervention on Coparenting Through Relationship Quality and Partner Conflict. Infant Mental Health Journal, PMID: 40490848.

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Levitan, R. D., Zhang, C. X. W., Knight, J. A., Hung, R. J., Wade, M., *Finegold, K., Ameis, S., Bertoni, K., Wong, J., Murphy, K. E., Lye, S. J., & Matthews, S. G. (2025). A new model to study season-of-conception effects on child neurodevelopment based on maternal history of seasonal affective disorder. Psychiatry Research, 348, 116430.

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*Finegold, K. E., Wade, M., Marini, F., Brown, H. K., Vigod, S. N., Shiri, R., & Dennis, C.-L. (2025). Associations between paternal and maternal ADHD and children’s socioemotional development during early childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 1–11.

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*Johnson, D., Wade, M., Marini, F., Vigod, S., Brown, H. K., Grigoriadis, S., Shiri, R., & Dennis, C.-L. (2025). Associations between self-reported ADHD symptoms and depression and anxiety in mothers and fathers during the postpartum period: A Canadian nationwide longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 378, 211–219.

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Levitan, R.D, Zhang, C.X.W., Knight, J.A., Hung, R.J., Wade, M., *Finegold, K., Ameis, S., Bertoni, K., Wong, J., Murphy, K.E., Lye, S.J., & Matthews, S.G. (2025). A New Model to Study Season-of-Conception Effects on Child Neurodevelopment based on Maternal History of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Psychiatry Research, 348, 116430.

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2024

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*Martini, J., Wade, M., Prime, H., & Jenkins, J. (2024). Dimensions of parenting during infancy: Testing a latent bifactor model. Social Development, 33(4).

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‌Wade, M., *Parker, V., Tang, A., Fox, N. A., Zeanah, C. H., & Nelson, C. A. (2024). Linking caregiving quality during infancy to brain activity in early childhood and later executive function. Developmental Science.

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‌ *Johnson, D., Wade, M. & Andrade, B.F. Threat, Emotion Dysregulation, and Parenting in a Clinical Sample of Children with Disruptive Behaviour (2024). Child Psychiatry Hum Dev.

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Sloss, I. M., Smith, J., Sebben, S., Wade, M., Prime, H., & Browne, D. T. (2024). Family functioning in the context of current and historical stressors: Exploring the buffering role of social support. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106711–106711.

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Wade, M., ^Sheridan, M.A., ^Drury, S.S., ^Tibu, F., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^McLaughlin, K.A. (2024). Blunted stress reactivity as a transdiagnostic mechanism linking early psychosocial deprivation to psychopathology during adolescence. Nature Mental Health, 2(6), 703-711.

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Prime, H., Muise, A., Jambon, M., Koven, M., Markwell, A., & Wade, M. (2024). A pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief conflict reappraisal intervention for community couples with young children. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48(5), 895-909.

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Levitan, R.D, Atkinson, L. Knight, J.A., Hung, R.J., Wade, M., Bertoni, K., Wong, J., Murphy, K.E., Lye, S.J., & Matthews, S.G. (2024). Maternal major depression during early pregnancy is associated with impaired child executive functioning at 4.5 years of age. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 231(2), 246-e1.

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*Johnson, D., Browne, D.T., Prime, H., Heron, J., & Wade, M. (2024). Parental mental health trajectories over the COVID-19 pandemic and links with childhood adversity and pandemic stress. Child Abuse & Neglect, 106554.

 

Rodriguez-Thompson, A.M., Miller, A.B., Wade, M., Meyer, K.N., Machlin, L., Bonar, A., Patel K.P., Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., Rudolph, K.D., Slavich, G.M., Prinstein, M.J., & Sheridan, M.A. (2024). Neural correlates of p-factor in adolescence: Cognitive control with and without enhanced affective demands. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 9(1), 30-40.

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2023

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*Finegold K.E., Knight J.A., Hung R.J., Ssewanyana, D., Wong, J., Bertoni, K., Khani, N.A., Watson, H., Levitan, R.B., Jenkins, J.M., Matthews, S.G., Wade, M. (2023). Cognitive and Emotional Well-Being of Preschool Children Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 6(11):e2343814.

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Wade, M., ^McLaughlin, K.A., ^Buzzell, G.A., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2023). Family-based care buffers the stress sensitizing effect of early deprivation on executive functioning difficulties in adolescence. Child Development, 94(1), 43-56.

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Wade, M., Prime, H., & Browne, D.T. (2023). Why we still need longitudinal mental health research with children and youth during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 323, 115126.

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Wilkinson, C.L., Pierce, L.J., Sideridis, G., Wade, M., & Nelson, C.A. (2023). Associations between EEG trajectories, family income, and cognitive abilities over the first two years of life. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 61, 101260.

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Prime, H., Muise, A., Markwell, A., Thabane, L., †Wade, M. (2023). Promoting conflict reappraisal in parenting couples: A feasibility study and preliminary evaluation of a brief writing intervention. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 3042–3054.

 

Guyon-Harris, K.L., Plamondon, A., Humphreys, K.L., Wade, M., Gleason, M.M., Tibu, F., Nelson. C,A,, Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.Z. (2023). Structure of Psychopathology in Romanian Preschool-Aged Children in an Epidemiological and a High-Risk Sample. JAACAP Open, 1(3), 173-183.

 

Dennis, C. L., Vigod, S., Grigoriadis, S., Brown, H., Brennenstuhl, S., Dol, J., Wade, M., Falah-Hassani, K., Shiri, R., & Marini, F. (2023). Cohort profile: Impact of Maternal and Paternal Mental Health–Assessing Concurrent Depression, Anxiety and Comorbidity in the Canadian Family (IMPACT study). BMJ open, 13(3), e071691.

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2022

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​*Johnson, D., Browne, D.T., Meade, R.D., Prime, H., & Wade, M. (2022). Latent classes of adverse and benevolent childhood experiences in a multinational sample of parents and their relation to parent, child, and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 13581.

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^Sheridan, M.A., ^Mukerji, C.E., Wade, M., ^Humphreys, K.L., ^Garrisi, K., ^Goel, S., ^Patel, K., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^McLaughlin, K.A. (2022). Early Deprivation Alters Structural Brain Development from Middle Childhood to Adolescence. Science Advances, 8(40).

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Prime, H., Wade, M., & Browne, D.T. (2022). Pandemic-related disruption and positive adaptation: Profiles of family function at the onset of the Pandemic. Adversity and Resilience Science, 3(4), 321-333.

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Wade, M., ^*Parsons, J., ^Humphreys, K.L., ^McLaughlin, K.A., ^Sheridan, M.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^Fox, N.A. (2022). The Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Adolescent mental health and adaptation following early deprivation. Child Development Perspectives, 16(3), 157-164.

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Prime, H., Muise, A., Benyamin, V., Thabane, L., & Wade, M. (2022). Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A protocol for a feasibility study of a conflict reappraisal writing intervention for interparental couples with young children. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, 170.

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Wade, M., *Wright, L., & *Finegold, K. (2022). The effects of early life adversity on children's mental health 

effects of early life adversity on children's mental health and cognitive functioning. Translational Psychiatry, 12 (244).

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Shoychet, G., Browne, D.T., Wade, M., Prime, H. (2022). Assessing positive adaptation during a global crisis: The development and validation of the family positive adaptation during COVID-19 scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 13: 886504.

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*Venkadasalam, V., Jenkins, J.M., Ganea, P.A., Wade, M. (2022). Linking early maternal input during shared reading to later theory of mind through receptive language and executive function: A within- and between-family design. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 223, 105469.

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*Martini, J., *Li, M., *Wright, L., *Johnson, D.J., Wade, M. (2022). Towards a dimensional model of family-based resilience: Sensitivity, stimulation, and stability as moderators of early life adversity. Canadian Psychology, 62(2), 214-232.

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2021

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Wade, M., ^Carroll, D., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2021). Associations between early psychosocial deprivation, cognitive and psychiatric morbidity, and risk-taking behavior in adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(6), 850-863.

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Wade, M., Prime, H., *Johnson, D., May, S.S., Jenkins, J.M., & Browne, D.T. (2021). The disparate impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of female and male caregivers. Social Science & Medicine, 275 (2021), 113801.

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Wade, M., Plamondon, A., & Jenkins, J.M. (2021). A family socialization model of transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology in preschool children. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 975-988.

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^Mukerji, C., Wade, M., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2021). Growth in self-regulation over the course of adolescence mediates the effect of foster care on psychopathology in post-institutionalized children: A randomized clinical trial. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(5), 810-822.

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^Colich, N.L., ^Sheridan, M.A., ^Humphreys, K.L., Wade, M., ^Tibu, F., ^Nelson, C.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., ^McLaughlin, K.A. (2021). Heightened sensitivity to the caregiving environment during adolescence: Implications for recovery following early-life adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62 (8).

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*Johnson, D., *Policelli, J., *Li, M., *Dharamsi, A., *Hu, Q., ^Sheridan, M.A., ^McLaughlin, K.A, & Wade, M. (2021). Threat, deprivation, and executive functioning in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics, 175(11), e212511-e212511.

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Browne, D., Wade, M., May, S.S., Jenkins, J.M., & Prime, H.P (2021). COVID-19 disruption gets inside the family: A two-month multilevel study of family stress during the pandemic. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1681–1692.

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Prime, H., Wade, M., May, S.S., Jenkins, J.M., & Browne, D.T. (2021). The COVID-19 Family Stressor Scale: Validation and measurement invariance in female and male caregivers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12: 669106.

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Browne, D.T., Wade, M., May, S., Maguire, N., Wise, D., Estey, K., & Frampton, P. (2021). Children’s mental health problems during the initial emergence of COVID-19. Canadian Psychology, 62(1), 65–72. 

 

2020

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Wade, M., ^Sheridan, M.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^McLaughlin, K.A. (2020). Environmental determinants of physiological reactivity to stress: The interacting effects of early life deprivation, caregiving quality, and stressful life events. Development and Psychopathology, 32(5), 1732-1742.

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Wade, M., Prime, H., & Browne, D.T. (2020). Why we need longitudinal mental health research with children and youth during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 290, 113143.

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Prime, H., Wade, M., & Browne, D.T. (2020). Risk and resilience in family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Psychologist, 75(5), 631–643.

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Wade, M., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2020). Global deficits in executive functioning are transdiagnostic mediators between severe childhood neglect and psychopathology in adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 50(10), 1687-1694.

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Wade, M., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^Drury, S.S. (2020). Telomere length and psychopathology: Specificity and direction of effects within the Bucharest Early Intervention Project. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(1), 140-148.e3.

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Wade, M., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2020). Social communication deficits following early life deprivation and relation to psychopathology: A randomized clinical trial of foster care. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(12), 1360-1369.

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^Tang, A., Wade, M., ^Fox, N.A., ^Nelson, C.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Slopen, N. (2020). The prospective association between stressful life events and inflammation among adolescents with a history of early institutional rearing. Development and Psychopathology, 32(5), 1715-1724.

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Prime, H., Wade, M., & Gonzalez, A. (2020). The link between maternal and child verbal abilities: An indirect effect through maternal responsiveness. Developmental Science, 23(3), e12907.

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^Behrendt, H., Wade, M., ^Bayet, L., ^Nelson, C.A. & ^Bosquet-Enlow, M. (2020). Pathways to social-emotional functioning in the preschool period: The role of child temperament and maternal anxiety in boys and girls. Development and Psychopathology, 32(3), 961-974.

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^Buzzell, G., ^Troller-Renfree, S., Wade, M., ^Debnath, R., ^Morales, S., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Nelson, C.A., & ^Fox, N.A. (2020). Adolescent cognitive control and mediofrontal theta oscillations are disrupted by neglect: Associations with transdiagnostic risk for psychopathology in a randomized controlled trial. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 43, 100777.

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^Esteves, K.C., ^Jones, C.W., Wade, M., ^Callerame, K., ^Smith, A.K., ^Theall, K.P., & ^Drury, S.S. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences: implications for offspring telomere length and psychopathology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 177(1), 47-57.

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^Humphreys, K.L., ^Guyon-Harris, K.L., ^Tibu, F., Wade, M., ^Nelson, C.A., ^Fox, N.A., & ^Zeanah, C.H. (2020). Psychiatric outcomes following severe deprivation in early childhood: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial at age 16. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(12), 1079-1090.

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Select Earlier Publications

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Wade, M., ^Zeanah, C.H., ^Fox, N.A., ^Tibu, F., ^Ciolan, L. & ^Nelson, C.A. (2019). Stress sensitization among severely neglected children and protection by social enrichment. Nature Communications, 10, 5771.

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Wade, M., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2019). Long-term effects of institutional rearing, foster care, and brain activity on memory and executive functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(5), 1808-1813. 

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^Xie, W., ^Jensen, S.K., Wade, M., ^Kumar, S., ^Westerlund, A., ^Kakon, S.H., ^Haque, R., ^Petri, W.A., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2019). Growth faltering is associated with altered brain functional connectivity and cognitive outcomes in urban Bangladeshi children exposed to early adversity. BMC Medicine, 17, 199.

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Browne, D.T., Dadashadeh, S., Wade, M., & Jenkins, J.M. (2019). Cogntive sensitivity and child receptive vocabulary: A between- and within-family study of mothers and sibling pairs. Developmental Psychology, 55(10), 2123-2134.

 

Wade, M., ^Fox, N.A., ^Zeanah, C.H., & ^Nelson, C.A. (2018). Effect of foster care intervention on trajectories of general and specific psychopathology among children with histories of institutional rearing: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(11),1137-1145.

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Wade, M., Madigan, S., Plamondon, A., Rodrigues, M., Browne, D.T., & Jenkins, J.M. (2018). Cumulative psychosocial risk, parental socialization, and child cognitive functioning: A longitudinal cascade model. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1038-1050.

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Wade, M., Prime, H., Jenkins, J.M., Yeates, K.O., Williams, T., & Lee, K. (2018). On the relation between theory of mind and executive functioning: A developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(6), 2119-2140.

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Wade, M., Prime, H., ^Hoffmann, T.J., Schmidt, L.A., ^O’Connor, T.G., & Jenkins, J.M. (2018). Birth weight interacts with a functional variant of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) to predict executive functioning in children. Development and Psychopathology, 30(1), 203-211.

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Wade, M., Jenkins, J.M., Venkadasalam, V., Binnoon-Erez, N., & Ganea, P.A. (2018). The role of maternal responsiveness and linguistic input in pre-academic skill development: A longitudinal analysis of pathways. Cognitive Development, 45, 125-140.

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Browne, D., Wade, M., Prime, H., & Jenkins, J.M. (2018). School readiness amongst urban Canadian families: Risk profiles and family mediation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(1), 133-146.

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Browne, D.T., Wade, M., Plamondon, A., ^Leckie, G., Perlman, M., Madigan, S., & Jenkins, J.M. (2018). Child and contextual effects in the emergence of differential maternal sensitivity across siblings. Developmental Psychology, 54(7), 1265-1276. 

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Madigan, S., Wade, M., Plamondon, A., & Jenkins, J.M. (2017). Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms in the postpartum period and family-wide clustering of risk. Journal of Affective Disorders, 215, 49-55.

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Madigan, S., Wade, M., Plamondon, A., Maguire, J.L., & Jenkins, J.M. (2017). Maternal adverse childhood experiences and infant health: Biomedical and psychosocial risks as intermediary mechanisms. Journal of Pediatrics, 187, 282-289.e1.

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