Associations between Maternal and Offspring Hair Cortisol Concentrations and Child Behavioral Symptoms in Mother-Child Pairs with Perinatal Mental Disorders.

Maternal perinatal mental disorders (PMD) are associated with developmental and behavioral problems in children, probably mediated by the programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Increased cortisol concentrations during the antenatal and perinatal periods have been related to long-term effects on children's behavior and stress response. We aimed to investigate the association of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) between mothers, with (n = 16) and without PMD (n = 30), and their children, aged between 18 and 48 months.

Association between gestational diabetes and perinatal depressive symptoms: evidence from a Greek cohort study.

Unlabelled: Aim The aim of the present study was to assess the association of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with prenatal and postnatal depressive symptoms in a sample of pregnant women in Greece.

Background: Earlier research supports a relationship between depression and diabetes, but only a few studies have examined the relationship between GDM and perinatal depressive symptomatology.

Methods: A total of 117 women in their third trimester of pregnancy participated in the study.

Birth order and memories of traumatic and family experiences in Greek patients with borderline personality disorder versus patients with other personality disorders.

The purpose of this study was to assess the possible effect of recalled traumatic experiences, perceived parental rearing styles, and family parameters on the occurrence of borderline personality disorder (BPD) versus other personality disorders (other-PDs). A total of 88 adult outpatients with personality disorders completed the Traumatic Antecedents Questionnaire and the Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran, which measures perceptions regarding parental rearing. Results indicated that incidence of traumatic childhood experiences was higher among those in the BPD group compared to those in the other-PD group.

Limited Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms Late in Pregnancy Are Not Related to Neonatal Outcomes.

Background: Prior studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding the link between antenatal depressive and anxiety symptomatology, with neonatal outcomes.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the possible association of prenatal depressive and anxiety symptoms, in the third trimester of pregnancy, with perinatal outcomes (birth weight of the newborn, Apgar score and the newborn's admission in neonatal intensive care unit) in a sample of pregnant women, in Greece.

Patients And Methods: A total of 117 women from Athens, during the 32(nd) to 35(th) week of pregnancy, participated in the study.

Vasomotor and depression symptoms may be associated with different sleep disturbance patterns in postmenopausal women.

Objective: This study aims to explore the association of vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and depression symptoms with different symptoms of subjective sleep disturbance in postmenopausal women.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 163 postmenopausal women (not taking hormone therapy) attending a university menopause clinic. Measures included the Athens Insomnia Scale, Greene Climacteric Scale, and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised depression subscale.

Comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adult psychiatric outpatients with depressive or anxiety disorders.

Background: There are very few studies reporting on the prevalence and the contribution of not previously diagnosed ADHD in the clinical picture of other psychiatric disorders. The aim of our study is to determine the prevalence and clinical correlates of comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adult psychiatric outpatients with depressive or anxiety disorders.

Methods: During a 6-month period, 114 outpatients with depressive or anxiety disorders were evaluated for ADHD diagnosis.

Phantom breast syndrome: The effect of in situ breast carcinoma.

Phantom breast syndrome (PBS) represents the experience of the continued presence of the breast, after mastectomy. Our aim was to assess PBS appearance by means of a structured questionnaire and to look into possible associations to disease and treatment parameters, in 105 women with breast cancer treated by mastectomy. PBS was recorded in 22.

Psychiatric manifestations preceding fetal death in antiphospholipid syndrome.

Objectives: Antiphosholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by a combination of thrombotic events, pregnancy morbidity and antiphospholipid antibodies. The objective of this report is to sensitize mental health professionals to the psychiatric manifestations of APS during pregnancy. To our knowledge, this is the first report on this matter.

Additive effect of depressed mood and vasomotor symptoms on postmenopausal insomnia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of vasomotor and mood symptoms on insomnia in postmenopausal women.

Methods: One hundred sixty-three postmenopausal women, not receiving hormone therapy, attending a menopause clinic at the University of Athens, Greece, were included in this cross-sectional study. Climacteric symptoms were assessed by Greene's scale, whereas psychological morbidity was measured by Zung Self-Assessment Depression Scale, Symptom Checklist-90-R, and Athens Insomnia Scale.

Depressive symptomatology correlates with phantom breast syndrome in mastectomized women.

Objective: Phantom breast syndrome (PBS) after mastectomy has been hypothesized to represent a complex psychological reaction to mastectomy, but psychological studies concerning PBS are few and inconclusive. This study aimed to assess possible correlations of PBS to current psychopathology and personality dimensions, as well as to examine subjectively experienced provoking and relieving factors for the experience of PBS.

Method: A total of 105 women who had undergone modified radical mastectomy were interviewed by a structured questionnaire after breast surgery.