So Glad You Asked Returns for Season 2: Understanding Postpartum Anxiety with Nicole Pensak, PhD
Nicole Pensak joins Season 2 of So Glad You Asked to discuss postpartum anxiety, matrescence, and how to tell normal worry from postpartum anxiety.
For Women with Bipolar Disorder: Sleep Disruption May Increase Risk of Postpartum Psychosis
Emerging data suggest that severe sleep loss around labor and delivery may mediate the link between bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis, offering new targets for prevention.
In Women with Bipolar Disorder, Loss of Sleep Related to Childbirth Increases Risk for Postpartum Psychosis
Loss of at least one night’s sleep at the time of labor and delivery is a potent risk factor for postpartum psychosis in women with bipolar disorder.
Does Sleep Deprivation Trigger Postpartum OCD?
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may emerge during the postpartum period, either as the first onset of illness or as a recurrence of preexisting OCD. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-V) [...]
New Baby 101: Practical Intervention Strategy Reduces the Risk of Postpartum Depression
An intervention teaching new parents about normal infant sleeping and crying patterns and providing them with techniques for infant settling improves mothers' depression scores. There were no differences in scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) at 4 months, but at 6 months, caregivers in the intervention group were almost half as likely to score higher than 9 on the EPDS, with 7.9% scoring higher than 9 in the intervention group vs. 12.9% in the control cohort (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.57).