Background Postpartum depression (PPD) poses a major global public health challenge.
PPD is the most common complication associated with childbirth and exerts harmful effects …

Background The prevalence of postpartum depression worldwide varies from 0.5% to 60.8%
in the first 12 months postpartum using self-reported questionnaire. This review aims to …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety disorders in pregnant and postpartum
women and identify predictors accounting for variability across estimates. Data Sources: An …

To date, the precise prevalence of co-morbidity of anxiety and depression in the perinatal
period is not well known. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of co-morbid anxiety and …

Background Anxiety and related disorders (AD) disproportionately affect women, and are the
most prevalent of all mental health conditions. The current research represents the first study …

Background maternal postnatal depression confers strong risk for impaired child
development. Little is known about the association between women's postnatal birth …

Research has demonstrated that women develop postpartum PTSD. Prevalence of
postpartum PTSD has ranged from 1% to 30%, and many risk factors have been identified …

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 …

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

Adverse effects of perinatal depression on the mother–child interaction are well
documented; however, the influence of maternal–fetal bonding during pregnancy on …