Women were more likely to have worse mental health outcomes if they expressed worry about getting financial or emotional/social support, about their pregnancy, or about family or friends. Strict social distancing was positively associated with depression. A higher proportion of adults working from ...
Pregnant women who lived in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, were not more anxious or depressed compared to pregnant women in other regions during the COVID-19 epidemic. Furthermore, the mental health status of pregnant women with COVID-19 was not more severe....
What they found was a clear association between general classes of mental health disorders, cannabis use and CUD. For instance, pregnant and postpartum women who had any mood, anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorders in the past year or any lifetime history of personality disorder had higher odd...
New research suggests two-thirds (67%) of pregnant women in London aged between 16 and 24 years have mental health problems including depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder, according to new resear
pregnant women have an antenatal anxiety disorder [6]. Further, perinatal mental disorders are weighing on the health burden in lower and middle-income countries (LMIC) where estimates of mental illness are 20% and higher, predominating in the most vulnerable women—those deprived of accessibility...
Mental health screening increased mood diagnosis in pregnant women ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton discusses the benefits of mental health screenings and access to care amongst pregnant women. April 3, 2024 Additional Live Streams ...
Winter can be a beautiful time of year, but it also brings shorter days, longer nights, and colder temperatures, which can take a toll on your mental health, especially during pregnancy. Many pregnant women experience increased stress and even symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disord...
The mental health consequences of living with intimate partner violence (IPV) are substantial. Despite the growing awareness of the incidence of depression and PTSD in women experiencing IPV, few studies have examined prospectively the experience of IPV during pregnancy and the impact of the abuse on...
The mental health of pregnant women can be affected by a range of factors, including partner violence and unemployment. But one of the key drivers that adversely affects a pregnant woman's mental health is food insecurity. Being food insecure is when someone doesn't have food or has the wron...
A pilot study has found that pregnant women who have suffered from depression or bipolar disorder (i.e. both mania and depression) recognise babies' faces and how babies laugh or cry, differently to healthy controls. This happens even if they are not cur