ArticleBMC psychiatry2019
More than depression: a multi-dimensional assessment of postpartum distress symptoms before and after a residential early parenting program.
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- Effectiveness of Mellow Parenting on parental mental health and parenting outcomes on a vulnerable parent sample in Moldova.PloS one · 2025Article
- The combined effect of family environment and parents' characteristics on the use of food to soothe children.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Residential parenting services: An integrative literature review of characteristics, service usage and parent and staff perspectives.Nursing open · 2023Review
- The relationship between self-control and mental health problems among Chinese university students.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The relationship between irritability, depression and anxiety among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- The parental reflective functioning questionnaire: Infant version in fathers of infants and association with paternal postpartum mental health.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- A scoping review of non-pharmacological perinatal interventions impacting maternal sleep and maternal mental health.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Measurement instruments for parental stress in the postpartum period: A scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- Maternal-fetal attachment protects against postpartum anxiety: the mediating role of postpartum bonding and partnership satisfaction.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2020Article
- A scalable cognitive behavioural program to promote healthy sleep during pregnancy and postpartum periods: protocol of a randomised controlled trial (the SEED project).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionParents are vulnerable to psychological distress symptoms in the postpartum period. It is routine to screen for depressive symptoms, but anxiety, stress, fatigue, irritability and insomnia symptoms are less often assessed despite their prevalence. This study aimed to assess multiple dimensions of psychological distress, and their reliable change and clinically significant change among women admitted to a residential program for assistance with unsettled infant behaviors (UIB).
methodWomen admitted to a five-night residential early parenting program completed self-report measures: the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Irritability Depression Anxiety Scale, Fatigue Severity Scale, and Insomnia Severity Index. A sub-group completed a computerized emotional Go-NoGo (EGNG) task as a measure of emotional impulsivity.
resultsSeventy-eight women were recruited (M
conclusionsIn addition to, and often in the absence of, depressive symptoms, women attending an early parenting program experienced a wide range of psychological distress, including fatigue, insomnia, anxiety and stress. Different forms of distress improved in different magnitudes to the treatment provided. These findings highlight the need for a multi-dimensional approach in the assessment and treatment of postpartum distress.
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