Search for dissertations about: "maternal mental health during Pregnancy"

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2. 1. Physiological Stress Reactivity in Late Pregnancy

   Author : Charlotte Hellgren; Inger Sundström-Poromaa; Helena Åkerud; Mats Hammar; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; acoustic startle response; allopregnanolone; antenatal; anxiety; cold pressor test; cortisol; cortisol awakening response; depression; electrodermal; estradiol; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; postpartum; pregnancy; progesterone; skin conductance; stress; sympathetic nervous system; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

   Abstract : During pregnancy, the basal activity is increased in both of our major stress response systems: the sympathetic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. At the same time, the reactivity towards stressors is reduced. These alterations sustain maternal and fetal homeostasis, and are involved in the regulation of gestational length. READ MORE

4. 2. Implications of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period - A population-based study

   Author : Liselott Andersson; Marie Bixo; Inger Sundström-Poromaa; Marianne Wulff; Ulf Hansson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Anxiety; Depression; Neonatal; Obstetric; Population-based; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Abstract : Background: Depressive and anxiety disorders are common health problems, affecting women at least twice as often as men. Although some studies have been made on pregnant women or, especially, in the postpartum period, most of these studies have been performed on small samples, mainly specific risk groups such as teenage mothers, women of low socioeconomic status and certain ethnic groups. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards improving perinatal maternal mental health in Vietnam

   Author : Maria Niemi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Major depression is increasing world-wide, and is the third leading cause of the global disease burden. In Vietnam, perinatal depression is underdiagnosed and under-treated, leading to severe consequences for the pregnant mother, her child and surroundings. READ MORE

6. 4. Maternal mental health matters : childbirth related care in Yemen through women's eyes

   Author : Annica Kempe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Yemen has a high maternal mortality and a persistent high home birth rate. Though maternal mortality still lies at the heart of maternal health indicators, there is a growing concern about the impact of mental and behavioural health on maternal health outcomes. READ MORE

7. 5. Mental illness : relation to childbirth and experience of motherhood

   Author : Karin Börjesson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Population-based study; depression; personality disorder; psychiatric symptoms; mode of delivery; childbirth experience; maternal adjustment;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises two population-based studies of mental illness in childbearing women in Stockholm. The principal aims in study I were to find out to what extent postnatal depression (PND) in mothers was identified at Well-Baby Clinics (WBCs) and to study its prevalence using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). READ MORE