Psychology & Psychiatry

Drug use strong predictor for postpartum mental health problems

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of British Columbia finds that a woman's lifetime history of drug use can help predict whether the woman will suffer from problems with stress and anxiety ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Postpartum psychosis big risk for mothers with bipolar disorder

Pregnant women with bipolar disorder and their families and physicians should be aware of a significantly higher risk for developing postpartum psychosis, according to a new Northwestern Medicine review of literature on the ...

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Postpartum depression can be ID'd during infant hospitalization

(HealthDay)—Postpartum depression screening conducted during infant hospitalization can identify depression among previously unscreened women, according to a study published online Aug. 16 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Psychology & Psychiatry

New study links risk factors to variations in postpartum depression

A new study shows that depression following childbirth can begin at different times and follow multiple distinct trajectories, emphasizing the need for clinicians to monitor for signs of postpartum depression and be aware ...

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Postpartum depression least severe form of depression in mothers

Postpartum depression—a household term since actress Brooke Shields went public in 2005 about her struggle with it—is indeed serious. But depression that begins before or during pregnancy is often more severe because ...

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Screening for postpartum depression—research review and update

Mothers of new babies should undergo screening for postpartum depression—preferably across healthcare locations and at multiple times up to one year after delivery, according to a research review in the Harvard Review of ...

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