One of the most consistent biological findings in the study of affective disorders is that those
with depression commonly show abnormal cortisol response, which suggests dysregulation …

Obesity, affecting one in three pregnant women worldwide, is not only a major obstetric risk
factor. The resulting low‐grade inflammation may have a long‐term impact on the offspring's …

Maternal obesity has been recognized as a stressor affecting the developing fetal brain,
leading to long-term negative outcomes comparable to those resulting from maternal …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period are characterized by physiological alterations in
cortisol and cortisone levels. In the present study, we sought to explore the risk factors for …

Background Maternal symptoms of depression constitute an early adversity for infants that is
considered to exert its effects via the maternal-placental-fetal neuroendocrine axis. Previous …

The present study systematically reviewed 56 articles that assessed hair cortisol
concentrations during pregnancy collected from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science on …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to characterize the stress experienced by
pregnant women in Kenya and assess the relationship between perceived stress and stress …

Psychosocial and socioeconomic adversity in early childhood (termed 'social adversity') can
have lifelong detrimental effects on health and development. Physiological stress is one …

Background Suicidal thoughts occur in up to one third of pregnant women. Suicidal ideation
(SI) has been linked to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation in other …

Exposure to maternal depressive and anxious symptomatology in utero and after birth can
affect child outcomes. One proposed mechanism is through changes in child stress hormone …