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postpartum depression
Should postpartum depression be targeted to improve child mental health?
Research is needed to evaluate the efficacy of prevention and treatment for postpartum depression.
These conjectures are proposed in lieu of specific information regarding the precise mechanisms linking prenatal, postpartum, and concurrent hormones and temperament and behavior regulation.
Presently, little is known concerning the impact that maternal depression during the prenatal and early postpartum period has on fetal neurobiological and psychological development.
Although collagen weakness has been implicated in the pathogenesis of incontinence, physical markers of collagen weakness used in this study could not predict postpartum symptoms.
Pre-eclampsia is limited to the second half of gestation and the early postpartum period.
Moreover, these individuals have a subsequently higher risk for a postpartum depression than the general population, and this needs to be considered as well.
To this end, a truly longitudinal approach was employed that followed young women from the prenatal period to 3 years postpartum.