Available treatment methods have shown little effect on the burden associated with mental
health disorders. We review promising universal, selective, and indicated preventive mental …

Importance Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period is relatively common
and can have adverse effects on both mother and child. Objective To systematically review …

Objectives: To provide guidance for the management of mood disorders, based on scientific
evidence supplemented by expert clinical consensus and formulate recommendations to …

Key Clinical Points Postpartum Depression Postpartum depression is a common, disabling,
and treatable problem that affects the woman, infant, and family. Sensitive inquiry about …

Mental disorders are among the most common morbidities of pregnancy and the postnatal
period, and can have adverse effects on the mother, her child, and family. This Series paper …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Pregnancy and postpartum are
associated with dramatic alterations in steroid and peptide hormones which alter the …

Pregnancy is a complex and vulnerable period that presents a number of challenges to
women, including the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders (PPDs). These …

In this first paper in a series of four papers on midwifery, we aimed to examine,
comprehensively and systematically, the contribution midwifery can make to the quality of …

Sex hormones have been implicated in neurite outgrowth, synaptogenesis, dendritic
branching, myelination and other important mechanisms of neural plasticity. Here we review …

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 …