ArticleJournal of affective disorders2016
Breastfeeding and mental health in adulthood: A birth cohort study in Brazil.
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- Association of breastfeeding with mental disorders in mother and child: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Breastfeeding in Infancy and Adult Health: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The role of breastfeeding, antibiotics and antimalarial medicinal exposure in paediatric depression amongst children aged under 5: a population-based study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence of anxiety disorders in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- The ımpact of demographic and obstetric factors on perception of traumatic birth and breastfeeding attitudes.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2025Article
- The association of early life factors with depression and anxiety in adults aged 40-69 years: a population-based cohort study.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
- Prevalence of depressive disorder in the adult population of Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
- The financial need of feeding infants for the first six months of life in West Java Province of Indonesia and the implications of socioeconomic and mental health factors.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Infant feeding method and special educational need in 191,745 Scottish schoolchildren: A national, population cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2023Article
- Maternal smoking around birth may lower the protective effects of breastfeeding on anxiety, depression and neuroticism in adult offspring: a UK biobank study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Porcine blood cell and brain tissue energy metabolism: Effects of "early life stress".Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- The Association Between the Duration of Breastfeeding in Infancy and Adult Psychopathology: A Cross-Sectional Study in Turkey.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2022Article
- Breastfeeding and behavioural problems: Propensity score matching with a national cohort of infants in Chile.BMJ open · 2019Article
- The impact of pre- and perinatal factors on psychopathology in adulthood.Journal of affective disorders · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundBreastfeeding is negatively associate with behavioral and internalization problems, psychological stress, and depressive/anxiety symptoms. However, studies evaluating specific mental health disorders are scarce. We aimed to assess the association between breastfeeding and mental health outcomes in young adults.
methodsIn 1982, hospital deliveries in Pelotas (Southern Brazil) were identified; liveborns were examined and their mothers interviewed (n=5914). Information on breastfeeding was collected in early childhood. In 2012-13, at 30 years of age, we used the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for the diagnosis of major depression (MD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD). In addition, we used the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and the Self-reported Questionnaire (SRQ-20), to evaluate depressive symptoms severity and common mental disorders (CMD), respectively. We used multivariable regression models to evaluate the association between breastfeeding and mental health outcomes.
resultsWe evaluated 3657 individuals. Prevalence of CMD, MD, GAD and SAD was 24.3%, 7.9%, 12.7% and 3.6%, respectively. In multivariable models the odds of having a more severe case of depression (BDI-II) was smaller among those breastfed for 6 or more months (OR=0.69 95%CI [0.53-0.89]). We observed a similar pattern for MD and CMD, however, confidence intervals included the reference. LIMITATIONS: We had no information on home environment characteristics during childhood. Lack of power and a small effect size could explain why we did not detect an association between breastfeeding and MD.
conclusionBreastfeeding reduced the odds of having more severe depressive symptoms.
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