Mild differences in the role of somatic symptoms in depression networks in pregnancy and postpartum: a comparison with women outside peripartum - P átková Daňsová P, Chvojka E, Cígler H, Lacinová L.
Depression is one of the most prevalent mental ailments in pregnancy. Many authors have discussed the appropriateness of somatic symptoms for depression assessment in pregnancy and postpartum. However, no study has examined the role of somatic symptoms in ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Paternal depression in the postpartum year and children's behaviors at age 5 in an urban U.S. birth cohort - Schmitz K, Jimenez ME, Corman H, Noonan K, Reichman NE.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between postpartum depression in fathers and children's behaviors at age 5 in a national high-risk U.S. sample. STUDY DESIGN: A secondary data analysis of 1,796 children in a national birth cohort study that oversampl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

The Sorry State of Postpartum Care in America
It used to be taboo for moms to talk about their postpartum struggles. Today, not so much. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: it seems like everyone lately is talking about the difficulty of the postpartum period. On Google, if you search for “celebrity postpartum stories,” almost every result yields an article about famous moms discussing things like postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, and even pelvic prolapse. In March 2023, Brittany Mahomes, wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, shared a warning with her 1.9 million followers, writing, “Just a daily reminder. Once you hav...
Source: TIME: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maytal Eyal and Bridget Freihart Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Postpartum Low-Dose Esketamine Aids Moms With Prenatal Depression
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 -- A single low dose of esketamine after childbirth reduces depressive episodes at 42 days postpartum among mothers with prenatal depression, according to a study published online April 10 in The BMJ. Shuo Wang, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Fluence and Reunion Neuroscience Inc. Announce Partnership on Phase 2 Clinical Study of RE104 for Postpartum Depression
Study monitors to be trained on Fluence platform NEW YORK, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fluence, a global leader in education, training, and certification for practitioners of psychedelic medicine, and Reunion Neuroscience Inc., a venture backed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: TRI LIC Source Type: news

Giving mothers KETAMINE-based drug immediately after childbirth 'cuts their risk of postnatal depression'
A single low dose of esketamine, a high-strength form of powerful hallucinogenic, decreased the number of major depressive episodes 42 days after birth by about three-quarters. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee. At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news

Esketamine Linked to Reduced Postpartum Depression Risk Esketamine Linked to Reduced Postpartum Depression Risk
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Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Infants of mothers with early remitted clinical depression and mothers with no postpartum depression: adaptive functioning in the second year of life - Bornstein MH, Manian N, Henry LM.
Whether and how remitted clinical depression in postpartum motherhood contributes to poor infant adaptive functioning is inconclusive. The present longitudinal study examines adaptive functioning in infants of mothers diagnosed as clinically depressed at 5... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Too Often, Postpartum Depression Goes Untreated in Black, Hispanic Women
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Massive racial disparities exist in the treatment of pregnancy-related mood disorders in the United States, a new study shows.White women suffering from depression or anxiety during or after pregnancy are nearly twice as... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Maternal depressive symptoms in the first year after childbirth predict long-term developmental risks in sons and daughters - Pagani LS, Harandian K, Necsa B, Harbec MJ, Tarabulsy GM.
Under-diagnosed and thus under-treated, maternal depression remains the most common complication of childbearing. Varying symptoms suggest persistence up to more than a decade following childbirth. This implies distinct vulnerabilities for the physical and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Antenatal anxiety symptoms outperform antenatal depression symptoms and suicidal ideation as a risk factor for postpartum suicidal ideation - Schafer KM, Mulligan E, Shapiro MO, Flynn H, Joiner T, Hajcak G.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Suicidal ideation (SI) during the postpartum phase is linked with suicide, a leading cause of death during this period. Antenatal depression and anxiety symptoms have both been linked with increased risk for postpartum SI. Howeve... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Depression among currently married ever pregnant adolescents in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: evidence from Understanding the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults (UDAYA) survey, India - Patel P, Bhattacharyya K, Singh M, Jha RP, Dhamnetiya D, Shri N.
BACKGROUND: Depression is a major public health concern among Indian adolescents. Pre- and post-natal depression can often alter fetal development and have negative consequences on the physical and mental health of the mother. This paper aims to draw atten... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Fu C, Li C, Wan X, Yang Y, Zhang S, Hu J.
This study aimed to explore the influence of ACEs and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Depression and intimate partner violence (IPV) in mothers 6 weeks to 12 months post-delivery in a rural setting in Kenya - Mutiso VN, Musyimi CW, Gitonga I, Tele A, Ndetei DM.
Using a cohort of 544 postpartum mothers, 6 weeks to 12 months post-delivery in the largely rural Makueni County in Kenya, we aimed to determine: (1) the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) and the prevalence of each of the four domains of intimate p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news