Perinatal depression and children's developmental outcomes at 2 years postpartum.

Background: Perinatal depression has been associated with a range of adverse outcomes for children's neurodevelopment.

Aims: This study sought to examine the impact of maternal perinatal depression on 2-year-olds' social-emotional, cognitive, language, and adaptive behavioural development, using data collected at the fifth timepoint of a prospective longitudinal study, which followed participants from pregnancy through to toddlerhood.

Participants: 61 women and their children (M age = 26 months, SD = 1.