Background: Vitamin D levels have been linked to psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and impaired cognitive performance. It is found that lower vitamin in early pregnancy are associated with depressive perinatal.This study examines the association between perinatal depression. This article based on literature source from Pubmed/MEDLINE Science Direct keywords: including 25(OH)D ...

INTRODUCTION Depression is a common mental health disorder during pregnancy, with important consequences for mothers and their children. Despite this, it goes undiagnosed and untreated in many women attending antenatal care. Smartphones could help support the prompt identification of antenatal depression in this setting. In addition, these devices enable the implementation of ecological momenta...

BACKGROUND There are limited data on the prevalence and approaches to screening for depression among pregnant women living in resource poor settings with high HIV burden. METHODS We studied the reliability and accuracy of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale in 123 (36 HIV-infected and 87 -uninfected) pregnant women receiving antenatal care at Gulu Regional Referral H...

OBJECTIVE To review the efficacy of antenatal group interventions aimed at reducing postnatal depression (PND) in 'at risk' women. METHOD Medline, Psyclit, HEALTHSTAR, EMBASE, Cochrane library, UK National Research Register and CINHAL searches were performed from 1960 to December 2001 focussing on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). RESULTS As statistical synthesis of the studies was not f...

BACKGROUND Mindfulness interventions to reduce psychological distress are well-suited to pregnancy, due to their brief and non-pharmacological nature, but there is a need for more robust evidence determining their usefulness. This pilot study was designed to explore the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a mindfulness intervention to reduce antenatal depression, anxiety and stress....