Katherine Gordon-Smith, Amy Perry, Arianna Di Florio, Nicholas Craddock, Ian Jones, Lisa Jones
{"title":"Associations between lifetime reproductive events among postmenopausal women with bipolar disorder.","authors":"Katherine Gordon-Smith, Amy Perry, Arianna Di Florio, Nicholas Craddock, Ian Jones, Lisa Jones","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01533-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01533-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle, childbirth and perimenopause often coincide with a worsening of mood symptoms in women with bipolar disorder (BD). To date, findings from the limited number of studies investigating associations between these events among women with BD have been inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate associations between episodes in relation to the perimenopause and (i) premenstrual symptoms and (ii) postpartum mood episodes in a large sample of postmenopausal women with BD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Among 567 postmenopausal women with BD, recruited as part of the UK Bipolar Disorder Research Network, relationships between reproductive event-associated mood symptoms/episodes were examined. Multivariate binary analyses were carried out to identify if history of premenstrual symptoms and/or postpartum episodes predicted the occurrence of mood episodes in relation to the perimenopause, controlling for potential confounders including number of mood episodes per illness year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>History of premenstrual symptoms was associated with experiencing any type of mood episode, and depression specifically, during the perimenopause (OR 6.189, p < 0.001 and OR 2.709, p = 0.019 respectively). History of postpartum depression within 6 weeks of delivery was associated with depressive episodes during the perimenopause (OR 2.635, p = 0.027). Postpartum mania was not a significant predictor.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest that women with BD with a history of premenstrual symptoms and postpartum depression are potentially at increased risk of experiencing episodes of depression in relation to the perimenopause. There are clinical and self-management implications in identifying a subgroup of women with BD who may be particularly vulnerable to episodes of mood disturbance during reproductive events.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attention control in the peripartum period: a longitudinal study.","authors":"Tamar Bakun Emesh, Nachshon Meiran, Dar Ran-Peled, Hamutal Ben-Zion, Avel Horwitz, Omer Finkelstein, Liat Tikotzky","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01530-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01530-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Given research inconsistency, this study aimed to assess whether attention control changes from pregnancy to postpartum, focusing on the moderating role of maternal objective and subjective sleep. Our second objective was to evaluate attention control's role in predicting psychological outcomes in peripartum women.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A cohort of 224 pregnant women completed the Antisaccade task, a measure of attention control, during the third trimester and again four months post-delivery. Objective and subjective sleep were measured using actigraphy and sleep diaries. Participants also completed questionnaires assessing depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, and maternal perceptions of the mother-infant relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Attention control improved significantly from late pregnancy to postpartum (β = 0.91, p < .001). While objective sleep was not linked to attention control, poorer between-person subjective sleep was associated with better postpartum attention control (β = - 0.84, p < .001). Better within-person subjective sleep was associated with higher attention control during pregnancy (β = 0.87, p < .001), but a negative interaction with time (β = -1.5, p = .001) suggests a reverse trend postpartum. Attention control did not predict postpartum psychological outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cognitive recovery may occur by four months postpartum, although the observed improvement could reflect practice effect. The novel finding of a negative association between subjective sleep and postpartum attention control may indicate better adaptation to perceived poor sleep or heightened attunement to sleep fluctuations in women with higher attention control. Attention control did not predict psychological outcomes, suggesting other factors may be more critical for maternal coping postpartum.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaun Daidone, Hayrunnisa Unlu, Asmaa Yehia, Nan Zhang, Osama A Abulseoud
{"title":"Severe alcohol withdrawal during pregnancy or early postpartum: maternal and fetal outcomes.","authors":"Shaun Daidone, Hayrunnisa Unlu, Asmaa Yehia, Nan Zhang, Osama A Abulseoud","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01531-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01531-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) during pregnancy is under-researched despite growing concerns about increased alcohol use among pregnant women. This study aims to explore the severity of AWS and its impact on maternal and fetal outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study reviewed the medical records of patients admitted to the Mayo Clinic who underwent the CIWA-Ar protocol for AWS from June 2019 through June 2022. Pregnant women identified in this cohort had their pregnancy, labor, and neonatal data analyzed for alcohol-related complications and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the medical records reviewed, 8 cases involved pregnant women experiencing AWS. These cases showed a high severity of withdrawal symptoms, with a median peak CIWA-Ar score of 17 (IQR = 14). Maternal complications included a high rate of ICU admissions (37.5%; n = 3) and significant rates of miscarriage and stillbirth (37.5%; n = 3). Fetal outcomes were concerning, with 1 out of 5 (20%) neonates requiring NICU admission and experiencing conditions such as respiratory failure and neonatal abstinence syndrome. Developmental problems were noted in 2 out of 5 (40%) newborns.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings highlight the severe implications of AWS during pregnancy, impacting both maternal and fetal health. The severity of AWS requires attentive clinical management and preventative interventions. Future research should focus on larger, prospective studies to better understand and address the risks associated with AWS in pregnant women and to improve health outcomes for mothers and their children.</p><p><strong>Article highlights: </strong>• Severe AWS during pregnancy leads to high ICU admissions and adverse neonatal outcomes. • 37.5% of pregnant women with AWS experienced miscarriage or stillbirth. • 20% of newborns from mothers with AWS required NICU admission for serious conditions; 40% of newborns had developmental problems. • Findings underscore the need for specialized treatment protocols to improve outcomes for pregnant women and their newborns.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyla F Wiens, Kayla M Joyce, Rachel G Cluett, Morgan Hanson-Oliveira, Kristin Reynolds, Lianne M Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E Roos
{"title":"Young mothers and eHealth: a scoping review.","authors":"Kyla F Wiens, Kayla M Joyce, Rachel G Cluett, Morgan Hanson-Oliveira, Kristin Reynolds, Lianne M Tomfohr-Madsen, Leslie E Roos","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01527-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01527-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Young mothers, defined as those age 25 and under, are at an increased risk of experiencing mental health problems. Despite this increased risk, very few mental health and parenting interventions that target the unique needs of this group are available. This scoping review summarized extant research on mental health and parenting eHealth interventions aimed at young mothers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and PubMed databases were used for searches, and articles were screened using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage method for scoping reviews. The eligibility criteria included being peer-reviewed, written in English, published between January 1, 2000, and May 9, 2024, and being an eHealth program targeting mental health and/or parenting skills for women-identifying mothers under the age of 26.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After duplicate removal, 3,431 titles and abstracts were screened, and 112 articles moved to full-text review. Four studies were included, each assessing intervention components, targeting mental health and parenting, and outlining participant feedback on the treatment. Each study evaluated a different type of intervention, with depression being the most studied mental health outcome and coping skills being the most studied parenting outcome.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Preliminary findings suggest that eHealth features such as flexibility, text messaging, and peer support are appreciated among young mothers. Further research on mental health and parenting eHealth interventions aimed at addressing the needs of young mothers is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prenatal exercise and its effects on postpartum mental health: systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Lauren E Hicks, Michelle D Graf, SeonAe Yeo","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01525-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01525-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The perinatal period, spanning from pregnancy through the first year after childbirth, is characterized by significant physiological, psychological, and socio-contextual changes. Women face complex stressors including psychosocial pressures, financial constraints, interpersonal dynamics, anticipatory stress related to parenthood, hormonal fluctuations, and societal expectations. These factors collectively influence the perinatal experience, increasing vulnerabilities and stress levels.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review was conducted in October 2023 using PubMed, SPORTDiscus, PsycInfo, and Scopus databases. Only English-language publications were included. For the meta-analysis, only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were considered. Data extraction was performed independently by two reviewers using Covidence, focusing on study characteristics, population demographics, interventions, and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The initial search identified 2,373 articles, with 1,196 duplicates removed, leaving 1,177 articles. After screening titles and abstracts, 1,247 were excluded for not meeting the inclusion criteria, resulting in 30 full-text articles reviewed for eligibility by two researchers. Nineteen studies were included in the systematic review, with four in the meta-analysis. Results indicated that higher levels of physical activity during pregnancy were consistently associated with improved postpartum mental health outcomes, including reduced depressive symptoms, lower anxiety, and enhanced overall well-being. Low-intensity exercises, such as yoga, were particularly effective in reducing postpartum depressive symptoms. The impact of moderate-intensity exercise varied, with some studies showing no significant effects. The meta-analysis of four RCTs using the EPDS demonstrated a significant reduction in depression and anxiety symptoms among postpartum women who participated in physical activity interventions, with a substantial overall effect size.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Developing physical activity and exercise regimens encompassing a range of intensities can address the unique physiological and psychological demands of the perinatal period, maximizing the therapeutic benefits of physical activity interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142602921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elisabeth Nordenswan, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Mira Karrasch, Matti Laine, Juho Pelto, Eeva Holmberg, Hetti Lahtela, Hanna Ahrnberg, Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Riikka Korja
{"title":"Maternal alexithymia and caregiving behavior: the role of executive functioning - A FinnBrain Birth Cohort study","authors":"Elisabeth Nordenswan, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Mira Karrasch, Matti Laine, Juho Pelto, Eeva Holmberg, Hetti Lahtela, Hanna Ahrnberg, Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Riikka Korja","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01523-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00737-024-01523-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The growing interest in parental cognition calls for research clarifying how cognition interacts with other parenting determinants to shape caregiving behavior. We studied the interplay between executive functioning (EF; cognitive processes that enable goal-directed thinking and behavior) and alexithymic traits (characterized by emotion processing/regulation difficulties) in relation to emotional availability (EA; the dyad’s ability to share an emotionally healthy relationship). As EF has been reported to shape parents’ ability to regulate thoughts and emotions during caregiving, we examined whether EF moderated the association between maternal alexithymic traits, and EA.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>Among 119 mothers with 2.5-year-olds drawn from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort, EF was measured with Cogstate tasks, alexithymic traits with the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), and caregiving with the Emotional Availability Scales (EAS).</p><h3>Results</h3><p>More alexithymic traits on the TAS-20 subscale Externally Oriented Thinking (EOT) were associated with poorer caregiving in a hierarchical regression analysis (Δ<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = 0.05, <i>p</i> = .01). A marginally significant moderation effect was found when adding the EOTxEF interaction term to the model (Δ<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> = 0.03, <i>p</i> = .06). These associations weakened slightly when controlling for education level. Estimation of simple slopes and a Johnson-Neyman figure indicated a significant association between higher EOT and lower EAS, that increased in strength as EF decreased from the group mean level.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The influence of cognitive alexithymic traits on EA could be especially pronounced among low EF parents, but further studies are needed to support and extend the findings. The potential role of parental reflective functioning in this context is discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":"28 1","pages":"67 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valerie J Teano, Blair W Weikel, Sunah S Hwang, Erica M Wymore, Sarah Blackwell, Stephanie L Bourque
{"title":"Predictors of perinatal cannabis use in colorado and the association with depression during pregnancy.","authors":"Valerie J Teano, Blair W Weikel, Sunah S Hwang, Erica M Wymore, Sarah Blackwell, Stephanie L Bourque","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01515-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00737-024-01515-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the prevalence and predictors of cannabis use and reasons for use during and/or after pregnancy among Colorado birthing individuals. To determine the independent association of self-reported depression during pregnancy and cannabis used.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from Health eMoms, a statewide perinatal longitudinal electronic surveillance system were analyzed. Perinatal cannabis use was defined as any use during and/or after pregnancy. Bivariate associations of birthing individual and infant characteristics with use were estimated using chi-square tests. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the independent relationship between depression and reported cannabis use versus no reported cannabis use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A weighted sample of 117,812 birthing individuals was analyzed from survey responses between 2018-2021. Among the 15,585 (13.3%) who reported perinatal cannabis use, 35.5% reported use during pregnancy and 87.3% reported post-partum use. Individuals with depression during pregnancy had 2.2 times higher adjusted odds (95% CI: 1.5. 3.3) of any perinatal cannabis use compared to those without depression. Among those who had any perinatal cannabis use, reported use for medical reasons was 92% during pregnancy, while 43% cited this as the reason for use 12-14 months post-partum.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Self-reported cannabis use during the perinatal period in a state with legalized recreational use was over 1 in 10. Use varied significantly by demographics and social factors with inconsistent perinatal guidance provided by healthcare professionals. Depression during pregnancy was significantly associated with use, illustrating the need for comprehensive mental health screening and therapeutic evidence-based interventions to support these individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142557008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Infante-Cano, Cristina García-Muñoz, Javier Matias-Soto, Saul Pineda-Escobar, Olga Villar-Alises, Javier Martinez-Calderon
{"title":"The prevalence and risk of anxiety and depression in polycystic ovary syndrome: an overview of systematic reviews with meta-analysis.","authors":"Marta Infante-Cano, Cristina García-Muñoz, Javier Matias-Soto, Saul Pineda-Escobar, Olga Villar-Alises, Javier Martinez-Calderon","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01526-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01526-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To summarize the pooled prevalence rates of anxiety and depression in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An overview of systematic reviews with meta-analysis was conducted. The CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases were searched up to April 22, 2024. The methodological quality of systematic reviews was assessed using AMSTAR 2. The degree of overlap between reviews was analyzed by calculating the corrected covered area.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten systematic reviews were selected. Regarding anxiety disorders, the pooled prevalence of panic disorder, social phobia, and anxiety disorders without specifying the type of disorder were 4%, 5%, and 16.9%, respectively. This prevalence was higher in depressive disorders, reaching 34.8%. Anxiety symptoms were very prevalent in women with PCOS, although the prevalence varied depending on the self-reported questionnaire used: the Hamilton Anxiety Scale 69.4%, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 41.5%, and the Self-rating Anxiety Scale 32.4%. Additionally, the highest prevalence of depression symptoms was associated with the Beck Depression Inventory 46.0%, followed by the Self-rating Depression Scale 39.2%, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, which ranged from 31% to 33.8%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Meta-analyses found mainly anxiety and depression symptoms and disorders are prevalent in women with PCOS. Meta-analyses also showed women with PCOS had a higher risk of having anxiety disorders, and depression symptoms than women without PCOS.</p><p><strong>Highlights: </strong>• Anxiety symptoms were prevalent, although the prevalence varied depending on the self-reported questionnaire. • The highest prevalence of depression symptoms was associated with the Beck Depression Inventory (46.0%). • The pooled prevalence of anxiety disorders without specifying the type of disorder was 16.9%.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142493706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda R Levinson, Heidi Preis, Marci Lobel, Anastasia Philippopoulos, Kierra Law, Brittain Mahaffey
{"title":"Obsessive-compulsive symptom trajectories from pregnancy through the postpartum: examining longitudinal course and risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Amanda R Levinson, Heidi Preis, Marci Lobel, Anastasia Philippopoulos, Kierra Law, Brittain Mahaffey","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01524-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00737-024-01524-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The peripartum is a time of increased risk for the development or worsening of obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. Existing evidence suggests that OC symptoms commonly surge immediately postpartum followed by a gradual recovery. Yet how societal conditions, such as a widespread public health crisis, may affect this pattern remains unknown. Increased OC symptom prevalence in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the pre-existing vulnerability of peripartum women suggests they may have been at particularly high risk for sustained symptoms. Thus, the aim of the current study was to examine trajectories in OC symptoms, particularly contamination concerns, in women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to look at risk and resiliency factors that may influence symptom course METHODS: A sample of 164 US pregnant women were recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic. They reported OC symptoms at 3 timepoints: April/May, 2020, July, 2020, and February, 2022. We used a growth mixture modeling approach to examine OC symptom trajectories from pregnancy through the postpartum across these timepoints, comparing the goodness of fit of models with 1-5 trajectory classes for overall OC symptoms and for contamination-related OC symptoms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For total OC symptoms, two classes of trajectories were identified: recovering (29.27%) versus stable low (70.73%) symptoms; for contamination symptoms alone, a subset of total symptoms, three trajectories were identified: recovering (8.54%), stable low symptoms (68.29%), and stable high symptoms (23.17%). Peripartum stress, but not sociodemographic or obstetric factors, predicted class membership.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that peripartum OC symptoms, particularly related to contamination, may persist beyond the postpartum period in some women, particularly for women exposed to elevated stress in pregnancy and the postpartum.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
En-Young N Wagner, Eva Maria Pichler, Mario Müller, Andrea Eisenhut, Ana Buadze, Yanhua Xu, Erich Seifritz, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Enrique Castelao, Setareh Ranjbar, Jennifer Glaus, Caroline Vandeleur, Martin Preisig, Roland von Känel, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross
{"title":"First episode depression during the perinatal period is associated with atopic diseases and persistently increased eosinophil and basophil levels.","authors":"En-Young N Wagner, Eva Maria Pichler, Mario Müller, Andrea Eisenhut, Ana Buadze, Yanhua Xu, Erich Seifritz, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Enrique Castelao, Setareh Ranjbar, Jennifer Glaus, Caroline Vandeleur, Martin Preisig, Roland von Känel, Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross","doi":"10.1007/s00737-024-01522-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01522-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A previous diagnosis of depression is a strong predictor for perinatal depression, apart from other mental disorders, stress, and atopies. It is less clear which factors interfere if perinatal depression occurs as a first depression episode (fePND).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We examined the associations with atopies and related blood parameters using data of CoLaus|PsyCoLaus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Newly occurring depression during the perinatal period but not recurrent depression was associated with a lifetime diagnosis of allergies and asthma together with persistently increased levels of basophils and eosinophils.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results imply that immune function may play a relevant role in the risk of a fePND. If confirmed and detailed, these findings could serve as the basis for designing preliminary prevention strategies by observing eosinophil and basophil levels as well as symptoms of atopic diseases before/during pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8369,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Women's Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142456854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}