ArticleDepression and anxiety2018
A longitudinal study of women's depression symptom profiles during and after the postpartum phase.
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- Neural correlates of peripartum depression: a systematic review, meta-analysis and comparison to major depressive disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Women's experiences of psychological treatment and psychosocial interventions for postpartum depression: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC women's health · 2023Pooled it
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- Evaluating a hierarchical structural model of psychopathology symptoms across pregnancy and the postpartum period.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2026Article
- Mothering on the edge: exploring maternal anger through feminist psychoanalysis and socio-ecological inequities of two mothers in urban India.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Peripartum Depression Pharmacotherapies Targeting GABA-Glutamate Neurotransmission.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- The role of natural products and traditional Chinese medicine formulas in postpartum depression: mechanism and prospects.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Peripartum Depression: What's New?Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Feeding Patterns and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Parenting Self-Efficacy.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- Evaluating a retrieval-augmented pregnancy chatbot: a comprehensibility-accuracy-readability study of the DIAN AI assistant.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Article
- Risk and resilience factors for psychopathology during pregnancy: An application of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP).Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Measurement invariance of maternal depressive symptoms across the first 2 years since birth and across racial group, education, income, primiparity, and age.Psychological assessment · 2023Article
- Awareness and related factors of depressive symptoms in breastfeeding people in South Korea: a survey-based cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A transdiagnostic approach to conceptualizing depression across the perinatal period in a high-risk sample.Journal of abnormal psychology · 2020Observational
- Pregnancy, postpartum and parity: Resilience and vulnerability in brain health and disease.Frontiers in neuroendocrinology · 2020Review
- The maternal reward system in postpartum depression.Archives of women's mental health · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundAn issue of critical importance for psychiatry and women's health is whether postpartum depression (PPD) represents a unique condition. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders asserts that major depressive disorder (MDD) may present with peripartum onset, without suggesting any other differences between MDD and PPD. The absence of any distinct features calls into question the nosologic validity of PPD as a diagnostic category. The present study investigates whether symptom profiles differ between PPD and depression occurring outside the postpartum phase.
methodsIn a prospective, longitudinal study of parturient women (N = 239), we examine the manifestation of depression symptoms. We assess factor structure of symptom profiles, and whether factors are differentially pronounced during and after the postpartum period.
resultsFactors were revealed representing: Worry, Emotional/Circadian/Energetic Dysregulation, Somatic/Cognitive, Appetite, Distress Display, and Anger symptoms. The factor structure was validated at postpartum and after-postpartum timepoints. Interestingly, the Worry factor, comprising anxiety and guilt, was significantly more pronounced during the postpartum timepoint, and the Emotional/Circadian/Energetic Dysregulation factor, which contained sadness and anhedonia, was significantly less pronounced during the postpartum period.
conclusionsThese results suggest that PPD may be a unique syndrome, necessitating research, diagnosis, and treatment strategies distinct from those for MDD. Results indicate the possibility that Worry is an enhanced feature of PPD compared to depression outside the postpartum period, and the crucial role of sadness/anhedonia in MDD diagnosis may be less applicable to PPD diagnosis.
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