There is evidence that depression itself can increase risk for preeclampsia. In women with more severe depression, treatment with an SSRI antidepressant may decrease risk.
ADHD is an important risk factor for both depression and anxiety disorders in the postpartum period and should be considered in the post-pregnancy maternal care.
Women with medical, psychiatric, and obstetric risk factors should be closely followed within pregnancy and the postpartum.
Imagine if we could use machine learning to enhance the care we deliver, analyzing a larger body of patient-specific factors in order to make more reliable predictions of risk for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
There is evidence that depression itself can increase risk for hypertension and preeclampsia. Future studies will help to clarify the complex interaction between depression, SSRI treatment and pre-eclampsia.
Opioid use during pregnancy co-occurs with other variables that are associated with worse outcomes in children, specifically maternal depression and the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Announcing a new CWMH study on postpartum depression screening and treatment outcomes at Mass General Brigham.
Family history of psychiatric illness was associated a twofold increased risk for postpartum depression.
Family history of psychiatric, especially bipolar disorder, was associated with a signifiant increase in risk for postpartum depression.
Some, but not all, studies suggest that PMDD is a risk factor for postpartum depression.
