Importance Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period is relatively common
and can have adverse effects on both mother and child. Objective To systematically review …

Both acute and chronic stress can cause allostatic overload, or long-term imbalance in
mediators of homeostasis, that results in disruptions in the maternal-placental-fetal …

Introduction Maternal postnatal mental health problems may negatively impact child
development. Postpartum research has mainly focused on the impact of maternal …

Objectives: Data show that family members of ICU patients may have high levels of anxiety,
depression, posttraumatic stress disorders, and/or complicated grief. This was previously …

Introduction Between 9 and 44% of women experience giving birth as traumatic, and 3% of
women develop a post‐traumatic stress disorder following childbirth. Knowledge on risk …

AimsThe aims of this study were to explore parents' stress levels and negative feelings after
premature births and to identify the risk factors related to parents' stress and negative …

COVID-19 outbroke in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and promptly became a pandemic
worldwide, endangering health and life but also causing mild-to-severe psychological …

Expressive writing is beneficial for promoting both positive psychological and physical
health outcomes. Unfortunately, inhibiting emotions is related to impairments in …

Expressive writing (EW) is a common psychological intervention that aims to improve the
mental health of traumatized individuals. Pregnancy is considered an anxious or traumatic …

Aim: This paper aims to investigate if the dyadic interactive behaviours were influenced by
parental stress and feelings both in preterm and full-term mother–child dyads. Methods: 45 …