This roundup is a bit late -- lots of publications on the list. Stay tuned for the March Roundup. Antenatal depression: Prevalence and risk factor patterns across the gestational period. Castro E Couto T, Cardoso MN, Brancaglion MY, Faria GC, Garcia [...]
According to a recent study published in the Archives of Women’s Mental Health reports that women who have a negative perception of their childbirth are more likely to experience elevated symptoms of postpartum anxiety but not postpartum [...]
While suicide is not a common event among women with postpartum depression, suicide is one of the leading causes of death in postpartum women. Thus, being able to reliably identify risk factors for suicide is [...]
Having a newborn child in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is understandably stressful. Previous studies have demonstrated that mothers in this setting are at increased risk for postpartum depression (PPD). In addition, a recent [...]
When I recently reviewed the stats for our website, I was surprised when I looked at the most frequently visited posts. I was expecting to find at the top of the list one of our [...]
We often see women with postpartum depression (PPD) who are also experiencing problems with breastfeeding. Several different questions arise. Are these women depressed because they are having problems with breastfeeding? Or does their depression and/or [...]
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) is the instrument most commonly used to identify depression in postpartum women. Traditionally, a cut-off score of 13 is used to distinguish depressed from nondepressed women. Because depression [...]
According to a recent study, obstetrical care providers often do not counsel their pregnant patients who use marijuana about the potential risks associated with its use during pregnancy. In fact, nearly half of pregnant women [...]
Australian researchers have developed a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment intervention for antenatal depression and anxiety. Beating the Blues Before Birth, to be delivered as individual therapy, was adapted from a 12-session group intervention for [...]
Despite the increasing use of the newer “atypical” or second-generation antipsychotic agents to treat a spectrum of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, PTSD and other anxiety disorders, we have relatively little data [...]
