Weekly Roundup for February 9, 2024: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

Depression and anxiety disorders during the postpartum period in women diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

A total of 16.76 % of the women with an ADHD diagnosis were also diagnosed with depression disorders in the postpartum period, prevalence ratio (PR) 5.09 (95 % confidence interval (CI), 4.68-5.54). A total of 24.92 % of the women with an ADHD diagnosis were also diagnosed with anxiety disorders in the postpartum period, PR 5.41 (5.06-5.78).

Perinatal Depression Screening Among Sexual Minority Women.

Sexual minority women were more likely to be screened for depression during postpartum care (odds ratio, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.22-2.52; P = .002) and more likely to screen positive for depression during the postpartum period (odds ratio, 2.38; 95% CI, 0.99-5.02; P = .03) than heterosexual women.

Duration and timing of depression and risk of family dissolution: A register-based cohort study of newly-formed Danish families.

Depression shortly after family formation carried higher risk of family dissolution; this risk was 42.3 % (95 % CI 38.4-46.3 %) for depression experienced in the first year of family formation versus 32.9 % (95 % CI 31.8-34.0 %) in the fifth year of family formation.

Postpartum psychosis: A proposed treatment algorithm

Evidence points to a combination of antipsychotics and lithium in the acute treatment of PPP. Electroconvulsive therapy can offer a rapid treatment response where required. Lithium appears to have the best evidence for relapse prevention and prophylaxis in PPP.

Online Public Health Nurse-Delivered Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Postpartum Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Experimental group participants showed clinically and statistically significant reductions on the EPDS (d = 0.65) and decreases in postpartum worry (d = 0.38) and rejection and pathological anger toward their infant (d = 0.44). They were also less likely to meet diagnostic criteria for current MDD compared to control participants (OR = 5.09; 95% CI, 1.18-21.98; number needed to treat [NNT: 3.7]). These improvements remained stable 6 months later (T3).

The Potential Power of Virtual Group CBT.

Effect of the INTER-ACT lifestyle intervention on maternal mental health during the first year after childbirth: A randomized controlled trial.

Receiving the INTER-ACT postpartum lifestyle intervention showed improvement in depressive symptoms, in normal weight or overweight women on the short run, as well as improvement in sense of coherence in women with pre-pregnancy overweight only.

Dairy products intake and the risk of postpartum depression among mothers: A pilot study.

Higher total dairy intake was associated with a lower likelihood of postpartum depression.