Dietary intake of fish and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of postpartum depression: a nationwide longitudinal study - the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS).

CONCLUSIONS: Women with higher fish and/or n-3 PUFA intake showed reduced risk of postpartum depression at 6 months after delivery and of serious mental illness at 1 year after delivery.
PMID: 31535610 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - September 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hamazaki K, Matsumura K, Tsuchida A, Kasamatsu H, Tanaka T, Ito M, Inadera H, Japan Environment and Children's Study Group Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research