Nutrients and perinatal depression: A systematic review

While adolescent pregnant women are more likely to be deficient in nutrients, and feel stress and depression compared to pregnant adults, Singh et al. (2017) believe that this may correlate with poorer pregnancy outcomes too. The purpose of this study was to examine 108 pregnant Latina adolescents, evaluating the relationship between their micronutrient dietary intake, […]

Since postpartum depression is the most common psychiatric condition to arise after childbirth that affects both the mother’s and child’s health, Zhao & Zhang (2020) examined the systematic reviews and meta-analyses available to determine the risk factors of postpartum depression. By scouring through the data on several databases, the researchers discovered not only risk factors […]