Postpartum Depression

Genetic predictors of postpartum depression uncovered - Medical Xpress
Medical Xpress
"Postpartum depression can be harmful to both mother and child," says study leader Zachary Kaminsky, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "But we don't have a reliable ...
Epigenetic Changes Predict Postpartum DepressionGenetic Engineering News

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May Is Mood Disorders Awareness Month; County Host Pregnancy and ...
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(Hauppauge, NY)- On Thursday, May 16, 2013, from 5:30pm-8:30pm, the Suffolk County Human Services, Office of Women's Services will host a free informational program: ”Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression/Anxiety: “What Everyone Needs to know ...

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Postpartum depression linked to 'unwanted pregnancies' - Digital Journal
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Postpartum depression (or postnatal depression) refers to a type of clinical depression which can affect women typically after childbirth. Symptoms include sadness, fatigue, changes in sleeping and eating patterns, reduced libido, crying episodes ...

National 2020 Mom Project Campaign Launches to Address Postpartum ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Postpartum depression and anxiety are age-old problems that most obstetricians recognize, but very few know how to treat, especially in a timely fashion," said Judy Mikacich , M.D. and Co-Chair of the California Maternal Mental Health Collaborative.

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Postpartum depressive symptoms associated with reports of infant crying
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Maternal reports of inconsolable infant crying may hold a stronger link to postpartum depressive symptoms than infant colic, results from a study recently published in Pediatrics suggest. The study included 587 mothers (mean age, 31 years) who had ...

Surprise! You're Expecting a Baby
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(dailyRx News) Sometimes a woman finds herself pregnant when she wasn't planning on it. Women with unintended pregnancies may benefit from support and being aware of postpartum depression risks. A recent study found that mothers who did not intend ...

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Measuring the risk factors for postpartum depression: development of the ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Therefore, a screening instrument that identifies the risk for depression during pregnancy and in the early postpartum period is required for primary prevention. The aims of this study were to develop the Japanese version of the Postpartum Depression ...

We need to get angry about postpartum depression
The Register-Guard
As women, as mothers, it's time to get angry. Angry that one in five women suffer from postpartum depression. That's more than 950,000 women in the United States each year. In Lane County, it's one in four. Get angry that despite the prevalence of ...

Postpartum depression: One mom's story
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Visiting the doctor's office, she got a diagnosis of a mild case of PPD, postpartum depression, and was scheduled to return next week. Two days later, she couldn't eat dinner. She didn't sleep well, waking at 2 or 3 a.m. and feeling anxious, the way ...

Hopes high for first Canadian study on mindfulness meditation and postpartum ...
Canada.com
In a panel discussion Wednesday evening titled “Post Partum Depression: Are we Doing Enough?” Zlobin shared her views alongside Canadian singer-songwriter Amy Sky and prominent perinatal physician and researcher Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis who's peer ...

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Two doctors on crusade to help women with postpartum depression
WVEC.com (subscription)
Now, 17 years later, she dedicates her life to helping women, who like her, were suffering from postpartum depression but were too embarrassed to discuss it. MacFarlane wondered why motherhood seemed so natural to others, but not to her. This, she says ...

Examiner.com
Postpartum depression is higher in unplanned pregnancies
Examiner.com
Women with unintended pregnancy are four times more likely to suffer from postpartum depression at twelve months postpartum, suggests a new study published Thursday in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Scientists Study How the "Love Hormone" Can Influence Postpartum DepressionCounsel & Heal

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Counsel & Heal
Scientists Study How the "Love Hormone" Can Influence Postpartum Depression
Counsel & Heal
Scientists are trying to understand the role of the 'love hormone' in postpartum depression and bonding between mothers and babies. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine are now launching a 5-year-study aimed ...

Is there a link between postpartum depression and the 'love hormone'?
Medical Xpress
"The conventional wisdom is that breastfeeding reduces postpartum depression—yet we see tremendous overlap between moms who struggle with breastfeeding and moms who have postpartum depression or anxiety symptoms," said Alison Stuebe, MD, first ...

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Health Advocates in California Host Rally and Expert Panel on Postpartum ...
Watch List News (press release)
to illustrate those who suffer from either anxiety or depression during pregnancy or the postpartum period. Several speakers and proponents will provide their perspectives, including: Judy Mikacich, MD and California Maternal Mental Health ...

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NEW: Clark Prof. Receives $700K to Study Postpartum Depression
GoLocal Worcester
This study will examine postpartum depression in a diverse group of women including heterosexual women, visible sexual minority women (i.e., lesbian women) and invisible sexual minority women (i.e., who have a history of sexual relationships with women ...

Is there a link between postpartum depression and the "love hormone"?
HealthCanal.com
Is there a link with postpartum depression and oxytocin, which is sometimes called the "love hormone"? Three researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine are starting a 5-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health ...

Unplanned pregnancy linked to postpartum depression
Times of Malta
At three months, 11 per cent of women who reported unintended pregnancies were suffering from postpartum depression compared with five per cent of women who intended to fall pregnant. The figure stood at 12 per cent for unintended pregnancies and ...

Northumberland health unit highlights postpartum depression warning signs
Northumberland News
One in five mothers will suffer from postpartum depression after giving birth, according to Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre. The extent and scope of the problem is being highlighted by the Haliburton, Kawartha ...

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Headlines & Global News
Unintended Pregnancy Leads To Long-Term Postpartum Depression In Women
Headlines & Global News
A new study shows that women who had unintentional pregnancy were more susceptible to postpartum depression, reports Medical Xpress. Pregnancy has long been associated with different symptoms of depression, either due to lack of social support or ...
Unplanned baby link to postnatal depression found by researchersHerald Scotland
Postpartum depression 'more likely after unwanted pregnancy' - ZenopaZenopa
Unintended Pregnancy Increases Depression Chance by Four TimesTopNews United States

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