ArticleArchives of women's mental health2024
Intimate partner violence across pregnancy and the postpartum and the relationship to depression and perinatal wellbeing: findings from a pregnancy cohort study.
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- Neuroendocrine and psychosocial triggers of severe psychiatric onset in women: a systematic review with domain-specific quantitative and narrative synthesis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological experiences and needs of perinatal women experiencing intimate partner violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of hydromorphone for patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on postpartum depression and sleep disorders after cesarean section: a randomized, double-blind controlled trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Trial
- Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Mapping Postpartum Depression in Latvia: Prevalence and Associated Factors Among Women Receiving Outpatient Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Intimate partner violence and the risk of incident perinatal depression: A prospective study during pregnancy and the postpartum period.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2026Article
- Reframing obstetric care through a trauma-informed lens: A narrative review of trauma-informed principles and clinical applications.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Prenatal Mental Health in the French EDEN Cohort: Cumulative, Person-Centered, and Dimensional Approaches.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare the prevalence of emotional and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) across pregnancy and the first year postpartum in those with and without clinical depression and assess the association between maternal childhood trauma, current stressful life events and depression and IPV over the perinatal period.
methodsData were obtained from 505 pregnant women from the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Wellbeing Study (MPEWS), a cohort study with data collected across pregnancy until 12 months postpartum. Maternal antenatal depression was measured using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-IV) with repeat measurement of perinatal depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Trauma was measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and experiences of physical and emotional intimate partner violence using items in the Stressful Life Events Scale.
resultsWomen experiencing IPV across the perinatal period were significantly more likely to score over 13 on the EPDS (p < .001) at each timepoint in pregnancy and the postpartum and physical IPV was associated with clinical depression. Further, a history of childhood trauma and current additional stressful life events were significantly associated with reporting current IPV in the perinatal period.
conclusionsThis study confirmed the risk factors of childhood trauma and current stressful life events for reporting experiences of IPV in the perinatal period. Furthermore, women experiencing IPV reported higher depressive symptoms, providing evidence supporting the value of assessing those women who screen higher on the EPDS for IPV. Together these findings also support trauma informed care across pregnancy and the postpartum.
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