We have seen articles over the last decade which suggest that while some women experience clinically significant psychological symptoms after early pregnancy loss, the vast majority of women manage to navigate this stressful life event without serious after effects.  A small study from Farren and colleagues suggests that PTSD is quite common among women who have experienced either a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, with 28% meeting the criteria for probable PTSD at 1 month and 38% at 3 months.  Further study in larger populations will help to determine which women are the most vulnerable in this setting.

We hope that everybody has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.  

Ruta Nonacs, MD PhD

 

Post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression following miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy: a prospective cohort study.

Farren J, Jalmbrant M, Ameye L, Joash K, Mitchell-Jones N, Tapp S, Timmerman D, Bourne T.  BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 2;6(11):e011864.   Free Article

 

Sex-Specific Alterations of White Matter Developmental Trajectories in Infants With Prenatal Exposure to Methamphetamine and Tobacco.

Chang L, Oishi K, Skranes J, Buchthal S, Cunningham E, Yamakawa R, Hayama S, Jiang CS, Alicata D, Hernandez A, Cloak C, Wright T, Ernst T.  JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]

 

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Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Following Consecutive Pregnancies: Stability, Change, and Mechanisms.

Schetter CD, Saxbe D, Cheadle A, Guardino C.  Clin Psychol Sci. 2016 Sep;4(5):909-918.

 

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Parental Relationship with Twins from Pregnancy to 3 Months: The Relation Among Parenting Stress, Infant Temperament, and Well-Being.

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Underwood L, Waldie KE, D’Souza S, Peterson ER, Morton SM.  Matern Child Health J. 2016 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]

 

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The analysis of anxiety and mood in healthy late-reproductive-stage women with regard to hormonal and genetic factors.

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In this group of Polish women, there were no statistically significant differences in the mood and the mean levels of anxiety depending on the presence of the polymorphisms analyzed in this study.

 

Vulnerability to intimate partner violence and poor mental health in the first 4-year postpartum among mothers reporting childhood abuse: an Australian pregnancy cohort study.

Gartland D, Woolhouse H, Giallo R, McDonald E, Hegarty K, Mensah F, Herrman H, Brown SJ.  Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Dec;19(6):1091-1100.

 

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Maternal depressed mood moderates the impact of infant sleep on mother-infant bonding.

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Peripartum changes in social support among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: a prospective-longitudinal study.

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Effects of Human Maternal Placentophagy on Maternal Postpartum Iron Status: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.

Gryder LK, Young SM, Zava D, Norris W, Cross CL, Benyshek DC.  J Midwifery Womens Health. 2016 Nov 3.

 

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Chronobiology, sleep-related risk factors and light therapy in perinatal depression: the “Life-ON” project.

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