The study of depression in mothers in relation to transmission of risk for the development of psychopathology in their children relies on solid foundations in the understanding of psychopathology, of development, and of developmental psychopathology per se. This article begins with a description of the scope of the problem, including a summary of knowledge of how mothers' depression is associated with outcomes in children and of moderators of those associations. The sense of scope then informs a theoretical and empirical perspective on knowledge of mechanisms in those associations, with a focus on what has been learned in the past 20 years. Throughout the article, and in conclusions at the end, are suggestions for next steps in research and practice.

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抑郁症的代际传递。

对母亲抑郁症与其子女发展精神病理学的风险传递相关的研究依赖于对精神病理学、发展和发展精神病理学本身的理解的坚实基础。本文首先描述了问题的范围，包括对母亲抑郁症如何与儿童的结果以及这些关联的调节者相关的知识的总结。然后，范围感提供了关于这些关联机制知识的理论和经验观点，重点是过去 20 年中学到的东西。在整篇文章中以及最后的结论中，都是对下一步研究和实践的建议。