The Neurobiology of Postpartum Anxiety and Depression.
Pawluski JL, Lonstein JS, Fleming AS.
Trends Neurosci. 2017 Feb;40(2):106-120.
Functional Recovery After Postpartum Psychosis: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
Burgerhout KM, Kamperman AM, Roza SJ, Lambregtse-Van den Berg MP, Koorengevel KM, Hoogendijk WJ, Kushner SA, Bergink V. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Jan;78(1):122-128.
Lind A, Richter S, Craft C, Shapiro AC. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Feb 1.
PPD screening occurred at 88% of eligible visits. PPD was identified in 8.1% of screened women. Of women with PPD, at least 44.8% were prescribed an SSRI and 21.4% attended a visit with a mental health professional.
Gauthreaux C, Negron J, Castellanos D, Ward-Peterson M, Castro G, Rodríguez de la Vega P, Acuña JM. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Feb;96(6):e5851. Free Article
Women with pregnancies categorized as mistimed: desired sooner, mistimed: desired later, or unwanted were 20% (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]?=?1.2; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.1-1.3), 30% (AOR?=?1.3; 95% CI: 1.2-1.4), and 50% (AOR?=?1.5; 95% CI: 1.3-1.7) more likely to experience symptoms of PPD.
Closa-Monasterolo R, Gispert-Llaurado M, Canals J, Luque V, Zaragoza-Jordana M, Koletzko B, Grote V, Weber M, Gruszfeld D, Szott K, Verduci E, ReDionigi A, Hoyos J, Brasselle G, Escribano Subías J. Matern Child Health J. 2017 Feb 11.
Children whose mothers with history of PPD and current mental problems exhibited the highest levels of psychological problems, followed by those whose mothers had only current mental problems or only PPD.
Havinga PJ, Boschloo L, Bloemen AJ, Nauta MH, de Vries SO, Penninx BW, Schoevers RA, Hartman CA. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Jan;78(1):e8-e17.
The offspring of depressed and anxious patients are at very high risk of a mood and/or anxiety disorder; the cumulative incidence of mood and/or anxiety disorder was 38.0% at age 20 years and 64.7% at age 35 years.
Challacombe FL, Salkovskis PM, Woolgar M, Wilkinson EL, Read J, Acheson R.
Psychol Med. 2017 Jan 31:1-11.
iCBT was successful in ameliorating maternal symptoms of OCD; however, mother-infant interactions were unchanged by treatment.
Choi KW, Sikkema KJ, Vythilingum B, Geerts L, Faure SC, Watt MH, Roos A, Stein DJ.
J Affect Disord. 2017 Mar 15;211:107-115.
Women with childhood trauma experienced greater depressive symptoms through six months postpartum, which then predicted negative child outcomes at one year.
Postnatal depression screening in a paediatric primary care setting in Italy.
Clavenna A, Seletti E, Cartabia M, Didoni A, Fortinguerra F, Sciascia T, Brivio L, Malnis D, Bonati M; Postnatal Depression Study Group.. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 25;17(1):42. \ Free Article
126 out of 2706 mothers (4.7%) and 24 out of 1420 fathers (1.7%) were found to be positive for depressive symptoms. Women with mood disorders and anxiety during pregnancy were at increased risk of postpartum depression (OR 22.9).
Barton K, Redshaw M, Quigley MA, Carson C. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2017 Jan 26;17(1):44. Free Article
Unplanned pregnancy was associated with a significantly increased odds of PPD compared to planned (OR 1.73). This was more pronounced among women who reported negative or ambivalent feelings in early pregnancy (OR 2.72 and 2.56, respectively), than those who reported positive feelings (OR 1.39).
Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Nephew BC, Babb JA, Guilarte-Walker Y, Moore Simas TA, Deligiannidis KM. Depress Anxiety. 2017 Feb;34(2):137-146.
Exposure to peripartum oxytocin increased the risk of postpartum depressive or anxiety disorder by 36% (relative risk (RR): 1.36).
Croce Nanni R, Troisi A. J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 24;212:73-77.
Mothers with higher scores on the preoccupied and fearful attachment scales had more severe postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms but only fearful attachment remained a significant predictor of postpartum anxiety when the significant effect of maternal history of mood disturbances was included in the model.
Infertile women who screen positive for depression are less likely to initiate fertility treatments.
Crawford NM, Hoff HS, Mersereau JE. Hum Reprod. 2017 Jan 9.
Women who screened positive for depression had 0.55 times the odds of initiating treatment for infertility as compared to women without depression.
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