Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
What Are the Mental Health Effects on Children with Birth Injuries?
What types of mental health problems can children with birth injuries experience as they grow up?
Some emotional disturbances, such as depression, anxiety and mania, can be brought on by the physical trauma or persistent deformation resulting from birth injuries. Some effects are shown right away, and others develop as the child matures.
What are some of the specific emotional or cognitive conditions associated with birth injury?
A variety of mental health and socialization issues can be directly caused by certain birth injuries.
Children with abnormal births may experience:
- Social anxiety
- Hyperactivity
- Manic Depression or Bipolar Disorder
How do children contract these conditions?
Birth traumas and developmental problems can be sustained from the mother’s use of a wrongly prescribed or detrimental drug during pregnancy.
Brain damage linked to inadequate or substandard care can increase a child’s risk for mental health problems.
Are there mental health conditions that correlate with hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation?
Studies have shown that children with hypoxia have a greater incidence of contracting schizophrenia than babies with normal deliveries.
Who pays for mental health therapy for a child injured during birth?
If long-term treatment is necessary, a court award from a birth injury or medical malpractice lawsuit can help to cover the costs. A birth injury or medical malpractice attorney can help families secure monetary damages from the care providers.
Can the mother’s mental state affect the baby following birth?
Some mental states, such as depression, can affect others, but not in a pathological sense. While symptoms can be passed along, the diagnosed state cannot.
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