Exploring psychological impact of hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).

Background: Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is an occupational disease associated with long-term exposure to power tools leading to hand-transmitted vibration exposure. Prior research has focussed on physical manifestations with little known about the psychological impacts of HAVS.

Aims: To examine if HAVS severity and/or functional impairment is associated with psychological outcomes.

Postnatal maternal distress, infant subcortical brain macrostructure and emotional regulation.

Background: Maternal distress is associated with an increased risk for adverse emotional development in infants, including difficulties with emotion regulation. Prenatal maternal distress has been associated with alterations in infant brain development. However, less is known about these associations with postnatal maternal distress, despite this being an important modifiable risk factor that can promote healthy brain development and emotional outcomes in infants.