Perinatal grief creates vulnerability to anxiety in subsequent pregnancy: the mediating role of bereavement-related guilt
CONCLUSION: These findings were evaluated in light of previous studies, providing a bereavement-based perspective on the potential transmission of the mental effects of perinatal loss to subsequent pregnancy.PMID:38529818 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2024.2335176 (Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - March 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emrah Keser Yasemin Kahya Source Type: research

Effect of childbirth experience on the psychological well-being of postpartum women in Accra, Ghana
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that efforts by birth practitioners (i.e. midwives, obstetricians, and gynaecologists) to give Ghanaian women positive childbirth experiences through the encouragement of personal control over the birthing process as well as ensuring the safety of the birthing procedure and environment would provide women with optimal mental health outcomes.PMID:38511351 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2024.2329721 (Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - March 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emmanuel Atuesinya Azusong Enoch Teye-Kwadjo Kwaku Oppong Asante Source Type: research

The perinatal health secondary to pandemic: association between women's delivery concerns and infant's behavioral problems
CONCLUSION: Perinatal mother-infant health has been sensitively threatened by pandemic consequences with maternal concerns about childbirth in pregnancy being associated with 12 months' children's behavioral outcomes. There is a need to invest in psychological support for perinatal women throughout the transition to parenthood to protect risk conditions before they get chronic or severe and influence offspring development.PMID:38493474 | DOI:10.1080/02646838.2024.2330662 (Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology)
Source: Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology - March 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chiara Sacchi Paolo Girardi Alice Buri Pietro De Carli Alessandra Simonelli Source Type: research