Depression in New Dads: Pediatricians Call for Expanded Screening at Well-Child Visits
Fathers may also suffer from perinatal depression and paternal depression, just like maternal depression, can have negative effects.
Fathers may also suffer from perinatal depression and paternal depression, just like maternal depression, can have negative effects.
Changes in maternal sleep and circadian rhythms during pregnancy are associated with infant sleep problems and maternal depression and anxiety.
Cannabis use, as well as use of benzodiazepines and sedative-hypnotic medications, was more common in women with depression.
Fetal brain development is altered by elevated maternal distress and has adverse infant social-emotional and cognitive outcomes.
Many women experience depression during pregnancy. What is the best way to identify these women?
Intranasal oxytocin improves mood in postpartum women but has no impact on mood in women with more severe depressive symptoms.
About 60% of women with mood disorders experience premenstrual exacerbation or PME of their mood during the premenstrual phase of their cycle.
The Women's Mental Health Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has observed a fourfold increase in postpartum psychosis in the pandemic.
Although most women transition to menopause without experiencing psychiatric problems, an estimated 20% experience depression at some point during the menopausal transition.
Neuroactive steroids, derivatives of allopregnanolone, may be effective for the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.