PMS AND PMDD No articles this week INFERTILITY AND MENTAL HEALTH No articles this week PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS DURING PREGNANCY Neuroendocrine and immune markers of maternal stress during pregnancy and infant cognitive development. Nazzari S, Fearon P, Rice F, Ciceri F, Molteni M, Frigerio A. Dev Psychobiol. 2020 Mar 31. Higher maternal diurnal cortisol and CRP… Read More »
Postpartum Depression: Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Emerging Therapeutics. Stewart DE, Vigod SN. Annu Rev Med. 2019 Jan 27;70:183-196. Childbirth and prevention of bipolar disorder: an opportunity for change. Sharma V, Bergink V, Berk M, Chandra PS, Munk-Olsen T, Viguera AC, Yatham LN. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Sep;6(9):786-792. The authors describe the clinical characteristics of women at risk… Read More »
Inflammatory bowel disease and new-onset psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and post partum: a population-based cohort study. Vigod SN, Kurdyak P, Brown HK, Nguyen GC, Targownik LE, Seow CH, Kuenzig ME, Benchimol EI. Gut. 2019 Sep;68(9):1597-1605. Risk of new onset mental illness was elevated in women with IBD in the postpartum period (aHR 1.20, 95%?CI 1.09… Read More »
Preterm birth as a risk factor for postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. de Paula Eduardo JAF, de Rezende MG, Menezes PR, Del-Ben CM. J Affect Disord. 2019 Aug 21;259:392-403. Most of the studies supported the association between preterm birth (PTB) and postpartum depression (PPD). However, 8 studies did not find such association and,… Read More »
Most women with depression experience considerable difficulty in making decisions about whether or not to use antidepressant medications during pregnancy. These decisions are very complex, and women must consider their own illness history and personal preferences in the context of available data regarding the reproductive safety of antidepressants. Simone Vigod and colleagues present preliminary data… Read More »