Not only do anxiety and depression diagnoses tend to co-occur, but their symptoms are
highly correlated. Although a plethora of research has examined longitudinal associations …

Abstract Study Objectives: To investigate whether sleep disturbances are bidirectionally
related to anxiety and depression, and thus identify potential risk factors for each problem …

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the best available
evidence on first time fathers' experiences and needs in relation to their mental health and …

Purpose Despite recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American
Academy of Pediatrics to exclusively breastfeed infants for their first 6 months of life, 75% of …

Ten to twenty percent of postpartum women experience anxiety or depressive disorders,
which can have detrimental effects on the mother, child, and family. Little is known about the …

Objective: While the implications of social support are increasingly well understood, no meta-
analytic review to date has examined the intersection of the social support and sleep …

Previous findings on peripartum anxiety are inconsistent in respect to the prevalence and
course of peripartum anxiety with comorbidity of depression. Our aim was threefold:(1) to …

Objectives Evidence suggests that pregnancy-related anxiety is more strongly associated
with maternal and child outcomes than general anxiety and depression are and that …

One in six children entering school experiences developmental delay. Maternal mental
health represents one of the earliest, modifiable influences in a child's life. The objective of …

Background Perinatal distress has largely been conceptualised as the experience of
depression and/or anxiety. Recent research has shown that the affective state of stress is …