Associations between psychological distress and hair cortisol during pregnancy and the early postpartum: a meta-analysis

JE Khoury, L Giles, H Kaur, D Johnson… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pregnancy and the early postpartum signify a period of high stress. Perinatal stress can
include psychological distress (PD), such as anxiety, depression, and stress, as well as …

A systematic review of hair cortisol during pregnancy: reference ranges and methodological considerations

K Marceau, W Wang, O Robertson… - Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study systematically reviewed 56 articles that assessed hair cortisol
concentrations during pregnancy collected from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science on …

Couples becoming parents: Trajectories for psychological distress and buffering effects of social support

C Hughes, RT Devine, S Foley, AD Ribner… - Journal of affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background: Becoming a parent is a time of both joy and stress. Associations between
exposure to postnatal depression and negative child outcomes underscore the importance …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age

AK Aatsinki, A Keskitalo, V Laitinen, E Munukka… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Maternal prenatal stress associates with infant developmental outcomes, but
the mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood. Alterations in the …

[HTML][HTML] Endocrine stress response in pregnancy and 12 weeks postpartum–Exploring risk factors for postpartum depression

S Stickel, SB Eickhoff, U Habel, E Stickeler… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pregnancy and the postpartum period are characterized by physiological alterations in
cortisol and cortisone levels. In the present study, we sought to explore the risk factors for …

Maternal perinatal depressive symptoms and offspring psychotic experiences at 18 years of age: a longitudinal study

R Srinivasan, RM Pearson, S Johnson, G Lewis… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence exists that maternal depression in the perinatal period has an
adverse effect on a range of early childhood outcomes and increases the risk of offspring …

Lower maternal chronic physiological stress and better child behavior at 18 months: follow-up of a cluster randomized trial of neonatal intensive care unit family …

MA Mclean, OC Scoten, W Yu, YY Xiang, J Petrie… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To assess whether Family Integrated Care (FICare) in the neonatal intensive care
unit improves maternal chronic physiological stress and child behavior at 18 months of …

Human milk metabolome is associated with symptoms of maternal psychological distress and milk cortisol

M Kortesniemi, CM Slupsky, AK Aatsinki, J Sinkkonen… - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The composition of human milk is subject to considerable variation, but the effects of
maternal stress are largely unknown. We studied differences in human milk metabolome …

Measures of anxiety, depression and stress in the antenatal and perinatal period following a stillbirth or neonatal death: a multicentre cohort study

S Thomas, L Stephens, TA Mills, C Hughes… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background The grief associated with the death of a baby is enduring, however most women
embark on another pregnancy, many in less than a year following their loss. Symptoms of …

[HTML][HTML] Newborn amygdalar volumes are associated with maternal prenatal psychological distress in a sex-dependent way

SJ Lehtola, JJ Tuulari, NM Scheinin, L Karlsson… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2020 - Elsevier
Maternal psychological distress during pregnancy (PPD) 1 has been associated with
changes in offspring amygdalar and hippocampal volumes. Studies on child amygdalae …