Psychology & Psychiatry
Study looks to help more new mothers with postpartum depression
One in seven mothers suffers from postpartum depression, but for low-income women, the rate is more than twice as high.
Mar 1, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Low cost, easy to administer drug may be the key to preventing maternal deaths
Postpartum hemorrhage (major blood loss after labor and birth) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, accounting for approximately one-quarter of all maternal deaths. In a study to be presented at the Society ...
Jan 29, 2018
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Medications
Evidence-based approach to treating post-delivery pain in new moms during opioid crisis
Women who undergo vaginal delivery often do not require opioids to manage pain after hospital discharge, concludes a study published in Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists ...
Nov 14, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hair cortisol levels predict which mothers are more likely to suffer postpartum depression
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), who belong to the Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, from its abbreviation in Spanish) and the Faculty of Psychology, have proven that cortisol levels present ...
Nov 14, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Team develops iPhone app to screen for postpartum depression
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health have developed the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale (MGHPDS) , a free iPhone application designed to refine how women around ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals potential new treatment for postpartum smokers
Women who took replacement progesterone after giving birth had decreased cravings to smoke and were more likely to stay off cigarettes, according to a new Yale study that assessed the use of progesterone as a treatment for ...
Oct 12, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Postpartum depression risk, duration and recurrence
Postpartum affective disorder (AD), including postpartum depression (PPD), affects more than one in two hundred women with no history of prior psychiatric episodes, and raises the risk of later affective disorder for those ...
Sep 26, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Media portrayals of pregnant women, new moms unrealistic, study says
Whether it's a pregnant character on a TV show or a photo spread heralding a celebrity's rapid recovery of her pre-pregnancy physique, media portrayals of pregnant and postpartum women tend to be unrealistic, women said in ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Health
Why some women are more likely to feel depressed
It's no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are fluctuating. Especially vulnerable times include the menopause transition and onset of postmenopause. There's also postpartum depression ...
Jul 19, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
C-section scars can be psychological too: 'What did I do wrong?'
Emily Keber-Goldrick remembers the moment she was told she needed a C-section.
Jun 9, 2017
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