Postpartum Depression

Women who reported experiencing homelessness during the year before giving birth were more likely to have delayed prenatal care and develop hypertension, diabetes and postpartum depression vs. women who reported adequate housing, data show.

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines among privately insured postpartum women rose 15% during the pandemic, but diagnoses for postpartum anxiety and depression did not increase during the same period, researchers reported.

Women with vs. without intellectual and developmental disabilities have greater risks for stillbirth and other adverse obstetric, mental health and medical outcomes, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

More women in the U.S. are having self-managed abortions since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

More women and providers in both psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology are becoming aware of the high prevalence of postpartum depression and treatments available, including recently approved zuranolone.

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Shama Rathi, MD, spent her time treating children for mental health issues, but she discovered that most of what she was seeing started with a lack of mental health care for their mothers.

Women struggling with their mental health during and after pregnancy often hesitate to ask for support, an issue compounded by a need for more resources and provider education on the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression.

NEW YORK — Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 before and during pregnancy was not significantly associated with symptoms of postpartum depression, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

Patients have become increasingly disillusioned with traditional depression treatments, and the search for new therapies has created some chaos in the field, according to experts.

The use of most contraceptive methods steadily decreased from 2019 to 2022, with the exception of vasectomy, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.