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ReviewJournal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Climate Change is an Emerging Threat to Perinatal Mental Health.

Jennifer L Barkin, Rebecca P Philipsborn, Carolann L Curry, Saswati Upadhyay, Pamela A Geller, Madelyn Pardon, James Dimmock, Christy C Bridges, Christina A Sikes, Anthony J Kondracki and 1 more

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Review in Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jennifer L BarkinJennifer L. Barkin, PhD, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8364-4260
Rebecca P PhilipsbornRebecca P. Philipsborn, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Carolann L CurryCarolann L. Curry, MLIS, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Saswati UpadhyaySaswati Upadhyay, MBBS, MPH, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2152-3997
Pamela A GellerPamela A. Geller, PhD, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Madelyn PardonMadelyn Pardon, PhD, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5667-8783
James DimmockJames Dimmock, Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia, Australia.
Christy C BridgesChristy C. Bridges, PhD, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, USA.
Christina A SikesChristina A. Sikes, RN, BSN, North Central Health District, Macon, GA, USA.
Anthony J KondrackiAnthony J. Kondracki, MD, PhD, Mercer University School of Medicine Savannah, Savannah, GA, USA.
Massimiliano BuoliMassimiliano Buoli, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3359-3191

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn this discussion, we build the case for why climate change is an emerging threat to perinatal mental health.

methodA search of current literature on perinatal and maternal mental health and extreme weather events was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. Only articles focusing on maternal mental health were included in this narrative review.

resultsThe perinatal period represents a potentially challenging timeframe for women for several reasons. Necessary role adjustments (reprioritization), changes in one's ability to access pre-birth levels (and types) of social support, fluctuating hormones, changes in body shape, and possible complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum are just a few of the factors that can impact perinatal mental health. Trauma is also a risk factor for negative mood symptoms and can be experienced as the result of many different types of events, including exposure to extreme weather/natural disasters.

conclusionWhile the concepts of "eco-anxiety," "climate despair," and "climate anxiety" have garnered attention in the mainstream media, there is little to no discussion of how the climate crisis impacts maternal mental health. This is an important omission as the mother's mental health impacts the family unit as a whole.

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Climate ChangeFemaleHumansMaternal HealthMental HealthPregnancyPregnancy Complicationsanxiety and anxiety disordersmood disordersperinatal mental healthpostpartum depressionwomen’s mental health

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PMID36482670
PMCPMC11141104

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