A prospective examination of depression, anxiety and stress throughout pregnancy.

CONCLUSION: Current findings indicate that symptom levels of depression, anxiety and stress vary over the course of pregnancy. Increased depression in early pregnancy seemed to be particularly pertinent as it not only predicted later depression symptoms, but also increased anxiety and stress in late pregnancy. Collectively, these results further highlight the importance of emotional health screening early in pregnancy. PMID: 25240846 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25240846?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - September 15, 2014 Category: Midwifery Authors: Rallis S, Skouteris H, McCabe M, Milgrom J Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research