Abstract
Little is known about the biopsychosocial determinants that predict postpartum treatment outcome for mood and anxiety disorders.
Postpartum mood and anxiety symptoms and psychosocial/biological variables were recorded for 8 months of 22 women treated
with antidepressants during pregnancy. Depression scores decreased by 58 %, whereas anxiety scores decreased by 35 %. Family
history of psychiatric illness and prior psychiatric illness unrelated to pregnancy predicted depressive treatment outcome,
and sexual abuse history and prior psychiatric illness unrelated to pregnancy predicted anxiety outcome. Biological and psychosocial
variables predicted pharmacological treatment outcome in postpartum-depressed and anxious women.
Postpartum mood and anxiety symptoms and psychosocial/biological variables were recorded for 8 months of 22 women treated
with antidepressants during pregnancy. Depression scores decreased by 58 %, whereas anxiety scores decreased by 35 %. Family
history of psychiatric illness and prior psychiatric illness unrelated to pregnancy predicted depressive treatment outcome,
and sexual abuse history and prior psychiatric illness unrelated to pregnancy predicted anxiety outcome. Biological and psychosocial
variables predicted pharmacological treatment outcome in postpartum-depressed and anxious women.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Short Communication
- Pages 1-4
- DOI 10.1007/s00737-012-0288-9
- Authors
- Shaila Misri, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Gillian Albert, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Jasmin Abizadeh, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Kristin Kendrick, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Diana Carter, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Deirdre Ryan, Reproductive Mental Health Program, St. Paul’s Hospital and B.C. Children’s and Women’s Hospital, Mental Health Building Room P1-228, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3N1
- Tim F. Oberlander, Department of Pediatrics, Biobehavioral Research Unit, Centre for Community Child Health Research, Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Journal Archives of Women’s Mental Health
- Online ISSN 1435-1102
- Print ISSN 1434-1816