ReviewArchives of women's mental health2015
History of childhood sexual abuse and risk of prenatal and postpartum depression or depressive symptoms: an epidemiologic review.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Landscaping the evidence of intimate partner violence and postpartum depression: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Global burden of antenatal depression and its association with adverse birth outcomes: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- The association between historical childhood sexual abuse and later parenting stress: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2017Pooled it
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- Global trends of purinergic receptors and depression: A bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Psychiatric disorders in psychosocially burdened mothers with young children: a population-based cohort study in Germany.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Assessment of Psychosocial Stress and Mental Health Disorders in Parents and Their Children in Early Childhood: Cross-Sectional Results from the SKKIPPI Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Prevalence of depressive disorder in the adult population of Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
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- Putative Mental, Physical, and Social Mechanisms of Hormonal Influences on Postpartum Sexuality.Current sexual health reports · 2021Article
- Menhaden fish oil attenuates postpartum depression in rat model via inhibition of NLRP3-inflammasome driven inflammatory pathway.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2021Article
- #metoo? The association between sexual violence history and parturients' gynecological health and mental well-being.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Article
- The Price of Pre-adolescent Abuse: Effects of Sexual Abuse on Perinatal Depression and Anxiety.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
The objective of this review is to summarize the literature (and to the extent possible, report the magnitude and direction of the association) concerning history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and depression or depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women. Publications were identified through literature searches of seven databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PyscINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, BIOSIS, and Science Direct) using keywords including "child abuse," "depression," "pregnancy," "prenatal," "pregnancy," and "postpartum." The literature search yielded seven eligible studies on the prenatal period and another seven studies on the postpartum period. All but one prenatal study observed statistically significant positive associations of CSA with depression or depressive symptoms during pregnancy. Findings on the association of CSA with postpartum depression or depressive symptoms were inconsistent; pooled unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios were 1.82 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.92, 3.60) and 1.20 (95 % CI 0.81, 1.76). In sum, findings suggest a positive association of history of CSA with depression and depressive symptoms in the prenatal period. Findings on the postpartum period were inconsistent. Clinical and public health implications of evidence from the available literature are discussed, as are desirable study design characteristics of future research.
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