This week brings another report from the SWAN study of midlife women indicating that menopausal symptoms are heterogeneous, with a significant proportion of women experiencing symptoms for many years.  There is also a very good review (Alpar et al) detailing the effects on children exposed prenatally to cannabis.

Body image mediates the depressive effects of weight gain in new mothers, particularly for women already obese: evidence from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

Han SY, Brewis AA, Wutich A.

BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 29;16(1):664.  Free Article

Impact of increased risk for fetal aneuploidy on maternal mood: a prospective longitudinal study.

Nevay DL, Hippman C, Inglis A, Albert A, Austin J.

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2016 Jul 27. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12951. [Epub ahead of print]

Postpartum Mental Health and Breastfeeding Practices: An Analysis Using the 2010-2011 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.

Wouk K, Stuebe AM, Meltzer-Brody S.

Matern Child Health J. 2016 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Patterns of depressive disorders across 13 years and their determinants among midlife women: SWAN mental health study.

Bromberger JT, Kravitz HM, Youk A, Schott LL, Joffe H.

J Affect Disord. 2016 Jul 5;206:31-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.005. [Epub ahead of print]

Heritability of major depressive and comorbid anxiety disorders in multi-generational families at high risk for depression.

Guffanti G, Gameroff MJ, Warner V, Talati A, Glatt CE, Wickramaratne P, Weissman MM.

Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016 Jul 25.. [Epub ahead of print]

Obsessions and Compulsions in Postpartum Women Without Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Miller ES, Hoxha D, Wisner KL, Gossett DR.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Oct;24(10):825-30. Epub 2015 Jun 29.

Treatment of severe perinatal mood disorders on a specialized perinatal psychiatry inpatient unit.

Kimmel MC, Lara-Cinisomo S, Melvin K, Di Florio A, Brandon A, Meltzer-Brody S.

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Aug;19(4):645-53.

The effect of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on postnatal depression: a randomised controlled trial.

Singata-Madliki M, Hofmeyr GJ, Lawrie TA.

J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2016 Jul;42(3):171-6. Epub 2016 Mar 30.

At the Tip of an Iceberg: Prenatal Marijuana and Its Possible Relation to Neuropsychiatric Outcome in the Offspring.

Alpár A, Di Marzo V, Harkany T.

Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Apr 1;79(7):e33-45. Review.

Fetal exposure to maternal stress and risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders among offspring: Differential influences of fetal sex.

Fineberg AM, Ellman LM, Schaefer CA, Maxwell SD, Shen L, H Chaudhury N, Cook AL, Bresnahan MA, Susser ES, Brown AS.

Psychiatry Res. 2016 Feb 28;236:91-7.

Age-related changes in the effects of stress in pregnancy on infant motor development by maternal report: The Queensland Flood Study.

Simcock G, Kildea S, Elgbeili G, Laplante DP, Stapleton H, Cobham V, King S.

Dev Psychobiol. 2016 Jul;58(5):640-59.

Prenatal Nicotine Exposure and Risk of Schizophrenia Among Offspring in a National Birth Cohort.

Niemelä S, Sourander A, Surcel HM, Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki S, McKeague IW, Cheslack-Postava K, Brown AS.

Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Aug 1;173(8):799-806.

The prevalence and correlates of self-harm in pregnant women with psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder.

Taylor CL, van Ravesteyn LM, van denBerg MP, Stewart RJ, Howard LM.

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Effects of prenatal depressive symptoms on maternal and infant cortisol reactivity.

Braithwaite EC, Murphy SE, Ramchandani PG.

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Aug;19(4):581-90.

Associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, mother-to-infant bonding failure, and postnatal depressive symptoms.

Kita S, Haruna M, Matsuzaki M, Kamibeppu K.

Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Aug;19(4):623-34.

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