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 Research in paternal prenatal and postpartum depression has nearly doubled
since prevalence rates were last meta-estimated in October 2009. An updated meta-analysis …

Importance New and expectant parents experience perinatal mood disorders, with
consequences to parenting ability, bonding with the neonate, interpersonal relationships …

Context It is well established that maternal prenatal and postpartum depression is prevalent
and has negative personal, family, and child developmental outcomes. Paternal depression …

Background Increasing attention has been paid to maternal prenatal and postpartum
depressive symptoms (depression thereafter), but little is known about the prevalence of …

Background Approximately 13% of women experience postpartum depression. Early
recognition is one of the most difficult challenges with this mood disorder because of how …

Background. Much attention has been paid to the problem of postpartum depression in
women. However, there is some indication that men also experience depression after the …

Background Epidemiological studies and meta‐analyses of predictive studies have
consistently demonstrated the importance of psychosocial and psychological variables as …

Emerging research suggests that a relationship exists between breastfeeding and
postpartum depression; however, the direction and precise nature of this relationship are not …

ContextStudies on postpartum mental disorders among mothers have primarily focused on
either depression or psychoses and have generally not included the broader spectrum of …