ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2016
Depression During Pregnancy and Postpartum.
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113 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 267 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical activity modalities and dosing for postpartum depression, anxiety and quality of life: a network meta-analysis and dose response of randomized trials.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of strength training on quality of life in pregnant women: A systematic review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- A sum of its parts: A systematic review evaluating biopsychosocial and behavioral determinants of perinatal depression.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Technologies Applied to the Mental Health Care of Pregnant Women: A Systematic Literature Review.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2023Pooled it
- The Relationship Between a Lifetime History of Sexual Victimization and Perinatal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2023Pooled it
- Global burden of antenatal depression and its association with adverse birth outcomes: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of home-based integrated sensory stimulation program to preterm infants on parents' depression and anxiety: a randomized controlled trial.Global health action · 2025Trial
- Perioperative Adjunctive Esketamine for Postpartum Depression Among Women Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Stress is not so bad-cortisol level and psychological functioning after 8-week HIIT program during pregnancy: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and other psychological factors in pregnant women giving birth during the first wave of the pandemic.Reproductive health · 2022Trial
- Psychological and Biochemical Effects of an Online Pilates Intervention in Pregnant Women during COVID-19: A Randomized Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Antenatal depression: Efficacy of a pre-post therapy study and repercussions in motor development of children during the first 18 months postpartum. Study: "Pregnancy care, healthy baby".Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Trial
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- Psychological responses to follow-up ultrasound in pregnant women with benign adnexal masses.Medicine · 2026Observational
- Effects of pre-gestational exposure to the stressors and perinatal mirtazapine administration on the excitability of hippocampal glutamate and brainstem monoaminergic neurons, hippocampal neuroplasticity, and anxiety-like behavior in rats.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Risk-Stratified Screening for Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: Integrating Sexual Function, Self-Esteem, and Psychosocial Context.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Antenatal Depression: The Mediating Role of Social Support.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Association of Exposure to Phthalate Metabolites with Antenatal Depression in US Pregnant Women.Toxics · 2025Article
- Sexual Functioning and Depressive Symptoms in Women with Postpartum Thyroiditis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Safety in treatment: Classical pharmacotherapeutics and new avenues for addressing maternal depression and anxiety during pregnancy.Pharmacological reviews · 2025Review
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Abstract
Depression is a common complication of pregnancy and the postpartum period. There are multiple risk factors for peripartum mood disorders, most important of which is a prior history of depression. Both depression and antidepressant medications confer risk upon the infant. Maternal depression has been associated with preterm birth, low birth weight, fetal growth restriction, and postnatal cognitive and emotional complications. Antidepressant exposure has been associated with preterm birth, reductions in birth weight, persistent pulmonary hypertension, and postnatal adaptation syndrome (PNAS) as well as a possible connection with autism spectrum disorder. Paroxetine has been associated with cardiac malformations. Most antidepressant medications are excreted in low levels in breast milk and are generally compatible with breastfeeding. The use of antidepressants during pregnancy and postpartum must be weighed against the risk of untreated depression in the mother.
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