We are witnessing a stark increase in scientific interest in the neurobiological processes
associated with pregnancy and maternity. Convergent evidence suggests that around the …

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 …

Background The pharmacoepidemiology of the long-term benefits and harms of medicines
in pregnancy and breastfeeding has received little attention. The impact of maternal …

Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is the most frequent psychiatric complication
during the postnatal period and its mechanisms are not fully understood. Metabolomics, can …

Abstract Purpose of Review Postpartum depression (PPD) and breastfeeding are important,
interrelated health factors. It is established that women who breastfeed exclusively have …

Anxiety and mood disorders are prevalent, disabling, and frequently difficult to treat. Such
disorders are often comorbid and share similar characteristics. For more accurate diagnosis …

Prosociality, orientation to attuned, empathic relationships, is built from the ground up,
through supportive care in early life that fosters healthy neurobiological structures that shape …

The purpose of this narrative review is to use a personal perspective to describe
unanticipated and pivotal findings that drew the author into the study oxytocin. Oxytocin was …

Introduction: Breastfeeding is considered the best way to provide essential and necessary
nutrients to the newborn, intervening in its growth and development. However, early …

Breastfeeding has long been known to improve infants' health and mental development and
to enhance the mother-infant bond, but much less research focused on the biological …