Word: depressionitis
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Other small studies have found that compared with their healthy counterparts, depressed women have a slightly higher likelihood of miscarrying and giving birth preterm. And a 2006 study published in Infant Behavioral Development found that babies born to clinically depressed mothers were more irritable, less attentive and exhibited fewer facial...
The exact mechanisms by which antenatal depression may affect a child's future behavior are hazy, but researchers think they could have to do with the environment inside the womb and its long-lasting impact on the growing fetus - a process known as "fetal programming." Maternal influences such as alcohol...
From 14% to 23% of women giving birth in the U.S. each year experience a depressive disorder during pregnancy, according to a joint report published in September 2009 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Psychiatric Association. On Jan. 21, the ACOG made an urgent...
Public-health experts, psychiatrists, obstetricians and social workers agree that many cases of depression during pregnancy are going undiagnosed or untreated. This is partly because American women tend to prefer a watch-and-wait approach to illness during pregnancy, says Dr. Shari Lusskin, director of reproductive psychiatry at the New...
What's more, there is a shortage of experts who are qualified to deal with the diagnosis and treatment of antenatal depression. At NYU, Lusskin runs a program designed to educate ob-gyns about the symptoms of prenatal mood disorders so they can identify the problem early. Lusskin says even...