The experience of motherhood is most often emotionally positive and rewarding, but for
many new mothers suffering from postpartum depression (PPD), this is not the case …

Transition into motherhood involves profound physiological and behavioral adaptations that
ensure the healthy development of offspring while maintaining maternal health. Dynamic …

Postpartum adversity is among the strongest predictors for the emergence of postpartum
depression (PPD) in humans and a translational risk factor employed in rodent models …

In placental mammals, estradiol levels are chronically elevated during pregnancy, but
quickly drop to prepartum levels following birth. This may produce an “estrogen withdrawal” …

Initiation and maintenance of maternal behavior is driven by a complex interaction between
the physiology of parturition and offspring stimulation, causing functional changes in …

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 174 million women worldwide and is characterized by
profound sadness, anxiety, irritability, and debilitating fatigue, which disrupt maternal …

Objective Postpartum depression (PPD) is a serious condition with debilitating
consequences for the mother, offspring, and the whole family. The scope of negative …

Although there has been growing interest in mood-related neural alterations in women in the
initial weeks postpartum, recent work has demonstrated that postpartum depression often …

Individual differences in personality traits affect the quality of social relationships. The parent–
child relationship is among the most impactful social relationships in an individual's life, and …

Early life adversity in the form of poor postnatal care is a major developmental stressor
impacting behavior later in life. Previous studies have shown the impact of early life stress …