BACKGROUND Both maternal and paternal depression during the perinatal period are associated with adverse effects on child outcomes. Attention has started to focus on the mechanisms mediating these relationships. Marital conflict may play a role in this context. METHODS In a large cohort study, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (n = 14,541 pregnancies), we aimed to (i) invest...

PURPOSE To determine whether a high rate of postpartum depression (PPD), previously found in immigrant Hispanic women at a community clinic, would also be found in a community sample. DATA SOURCES Sixty women from local community settings were given the PPDS-S instrument and the General Acculturation Index to screen for PPD symptoms. Data were then compared with previously published community...

OBJECTIVE To compare and measure the effects of sleep quality in women with and without postpartum depression. DESIGN A case-control repeated measures matched pairs design. SETTING Home and obstetric office. PARTICIPANTS Forty-six women who were 6 to 26 weeks postpartum. Two participants were dropped from the final analysis because they were outliers. METHODS Participants underwent wris...

The causes and consequences of postpartum depression were explored in this paper. Researchers have found that childbirth is joyful for some women but emotionally disturbing and stressful for others. Genetic, environmental, and biological variables have been implicated as factors that influence the experience of postpartum depression among women. However, due to a lack of consensus about the rel...

Maternal self-efficacy predicts sensitive and responsive caregiving. Low maternal self-efficacy is associated with a higher incidence of postpartum depression. Maternal self-efficacy and postpartum depression can both be buffered by social support. Maternal self-efficacy and postpartum depression have both been linked independently, albeit in separate studies, to the experience of violent traum...

BACKGROUND Community-based epidemiological data on post-partum depression from developing countries are scarce. AIMS To determine the incidence of and risk factors for developing post-partum depression in a cohort of women living in rural south India. METHOD We assessed 359 women in the last trimester of pregnancy and 6-12 weeks after delivery for depression and for putative risk factors. ...

Postpartum depression affects a huge number of women and has detrimental consequences. Knowing the factors associated with postpartum depression during pregnancy can help its prevention. Although there is evidence surrounding behavioral or psychological predictors of postpartum depression, there is a lack of evidence of biological forecasters. The aim of this study was to analyze the sociodemog...

BACKGROUND Mothers selectively transfer docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to their fetuses to support optimal neurological development during pregnancy. Without sufficient dietary intake, mothers become depleted of DHA and may increase their risk of suffering major depressive symptoms in the postpartum period. We postulated that the DHA content of mothers' milk and seafood consumption would both predi...

conclusions orange peel essential oil did not reduce postpartum depression and anxiety. background mothers are vulnerable to mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, in the 6-week postpartum period after delivery. objectives this study was performed to determine the potential effect of orange peel essential oil on postpartum depression and anxiety. patients and methods this double-blin...