This review aims to summarize the diverse proposed pathophysiological mechanisms
contributing to postpartum depression, highlighting both clinical and basic science research …

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 …

Understanding the neural substrates of depression is crucial for diagnosis and treatment.
Here, we review recent studies of functional and effective connectivity in depression, in …

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 …

Although interest in the neurobiology of parent–infant bonding is a century old,
neuroimaging of the human parental brain is recent. After summarizing current comparative …

Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve numerous physiological adaptations that
enable the development and survival of the offspring. A distinct neural plasticity …

Although Postpartum depression (PPD) and PPD with anxiety (PPD‐A) have been well
characterized as functional disruptions within or between multiple brain systems, however …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Parental Care”. Research on the neurobiology of
attachment, pioneered by scholars in the generation that followed the discovery of social …

Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the three major categories on the spectrum of
postpartum psychiatric syndromes. Postpartum psychiatric syndromes are classified as …

Background Ineffective decision making is a major source of everyday functional impairment
and reduced quality of life for young people with mental disorders. However, very little is …