An Experimental Test of Jealousy's Evolved Function: Imagined Partner Infidelity Induces Jealousy, Which Predicts Positive Attitude Towards Mate Retention.

Jealousy may have evolved to motivate adaptive compensatory behavior in response to threats to a valued relationship. This suggests that jealousy follows a temporal sequence: A perceived relational threat induces state feelings of jealousy which in turn motivates compensatory behavior, such as mate retention effort. Yet to date, tests of this mediation model have been limited to cross-sectional data.

Occurrence of postpartum manic or mixed episodes in women with bipolar I disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Accurate information on the frequency and prevalence of manic or mixed episodes is important for therapeutic, prognostic, and safety concerns. We aimed to estimate the risk of relapse of manic and mixed episodes after delivery in women with bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder-bipolar type.

Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive literature search in PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and Cochrane databases was carried out on November 17, 2022, using the terms ((bipolar disorder) OR (manic depressive illness)) AND (mania)) AND (postpartum)) AND (recurrence)) AND (relapse).

Careful considerations for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder during and following pregnancy.

Introduction: The focus on perinatal mental health has expanded recently, though there is less research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Therefore, a review of the literature was undertaken and coupled with expert clinical insights to discuss current clinical practice recommendations for PTSD in the perinatal period.

Areas Covered: This review covers considerations for the assessment, prevention, and treatment of PTSD during the perinatal period.

Development and Initial Validation of the Transportation Support Scale.

Importance: Driving cessation affects older drivers and, possibly, also care partners (most of whom tend to be women). Although tools exist to assess the effects on family and friends of providing informal care to someone who needs assistance, no tool is available to clinicians that specifically focuses on the effects of driving cessation.

Objective: To develop the Transportation Support Scale (TSS) to measure care partners' responses-both negative and positive-to driving cessation and assuming transportation responsibilities.

Preventing recurrence of postpartum depression by regulating sleep.

Introduction: Women are at a high risk of recurrence of depression in the postpartum period. Given the circumscribed duration of the risk period and knowledge of its triggers, postpartum depression should be easily preventable. However, prophylactic drug studies have reported contradictory findings partly due to the heterogeneity of the disorder.

Technology-Facilitated Sexual Harassment Against Women and Psychological Dysfunction: A Test of Objectification Theory.

Objectification theory was tested to examine the potential mediating role of self-objectification in the relationship between technology-facilitated sexual harassment (TFSH) and psychological functioning in a sample of women ( = 481). The results indicated that TFSH was associated with eating pathology, alcohol use, and sexual functioning. Furthermore, partial support for the objectification theory was achieved, with self-objectification potentially explaining the relationships between TFSH and eating pathology, and TFSH and alcohol use.

Relationship of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder With Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review.

Since depression represents the most predominant mood polarity in bipolar disorder (BD), the prevalence rates of a diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in women with BD and those of a diagnosis of BD in women with PMDD deserve systematic review. A systematic search of PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Reviews databases was carried out on November 19, 2021, using the terms [late luteal phase disorder OR premenstrual dysphoric disorder] AND comorbidity AND bipolar disorder. Articles from 1987-2021 were searched.

Motives to engage with or refrain from gambling and loot box content: an exploratory qualitative investigation.

This study examined motives to engage or refrain from engaging with gambling and loot boxes (i.e., in-game "boxes" that can be won within a game or purchased with in-game currency or real money, and which contain a random selection of prizes or objects).

Development and Initial Evaluation of the Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain Short Form.

Objectives: There has been growing interest in examining pain-related activity patterns and their relationships to psychosocial functioning. The Patterns of Activity Measure-Pain (POAM-P) is frequently used to measure 3 pain-related activity patterns: avoidance, overdoing, and pacing. Although the POAM-P possesses excellent psychometric properties, its length may limit its utility where multiple measures of functioning are required or the time available for assessment is limited.

Are we overlooking obsessive-compulsive disorder during and after pregnancy? Some arguments for a peripartum onset specifier.

The peripartum period appears to be a potent trigger of obsessive-compulsive disorder in women; however, due to the lack of awareness and routine screening, women with obsessive-compulsive disorder may be at risk of under- or misdiagnosis. Unfortunately, the missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis can have serious consequences including symptom persistence, compromised ability to care for the newborn, poor quality of life and unnecessary reporting of the mother to child protective services. It is argued that future iterations of the DSM consider expanding the scope of the peripartum onset specifier to include obsessive-compulsive disorder to increase its detection, diagnosis and management.

Patterns of pain-related activity: replicability, treatment-related changes, and relationship to functioning.

Changes in activity patterns frequently accompany the experience of chronic pain. Two activity patterns, avoidance and overdoing, are hypothesized to contribute to the development of ongoing pain and pain-related disability, while activity pacing is frequently introduced to enhance pain management and functioning. Two studies were conducted to assess whether reliable subgroups with differing activity patterns could be identified in different pain populations and to evaluate changes in these subgroups after a group format, pain management program.

The hormonal sensitivity hypothesis: A review and new findings.

Previous women's health practitioners and researchers have postulated that some women are particularly sensitive to hormonal changes occurring during reproductive events. We hypothesize that some women are particularly sensitive to hormonal changes occurring across their reproductive lifespan. To evaluate this hypothesis, we reviewed findings from the existing literature and findings from our own lab.

Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression: An Overview and Methodological Recommendations for Future Research.

Emerging research suggests that a relationship exists between breastfeeding and postpartum depression; however, the direction and precise nature of this relationship are not yet clear. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the relationship between breastfeeding and postpartum depression as it has been examined in the empirical literature. Also, the potential mechanisms of action that have been implicated in this relationship are also explored.

Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: Assessing the influence of breastfeeding intention and other risk factors.

Background: Risk and protective factors for postpartum depression have been extensively studied, and in recent studies an association between breastfeeding and maternal mood has been reported. The present retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association between breastfeeding-related variables and postpartum depression (based on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale threshold criteria) within the context of other known risk factors.

Method: Breastfeeding information, demographic information, and scores on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale were examined from the Canadian Maternity Experience Survey.

Obstacles to activity pacing: assessment, relationship to activity and functioning.

Activity pacing is frequently included among the strategies provided to individuals with chronic pain to manage pain and improve functioning. Individuals with chronic pain may, however, limit their use of activity pacing because they perceive significant obstacles to its use. This study describes the development of a measure to assess obstacles to activity pacing and examines the relationship of this measure to activity patterns and functioning.

A meta-analysis of the worldwide prevalence of pica during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Background: Although pica has long been associated with pregnancy, the exact prevalence in this population remains unknown.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of pica during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and to explain variations in prevalence estimates by examining potential moderating variables.

Search Strategy: PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar were searched from inception to February 2014 using the keywords pica, prevalence, and epidemiology.

A Systematic Review of the Association Between Psychiatric Disturbances and Endometriosis.

Objective: An association between endometriosis and psychiatric disturbances has been identified by some researchers. The purpose of this systematic review was to consolidate existing empirical findings to clarify the association between endometriosis and psychiatric conditions.

Data Sources: We searched three electronic databases (Medline/PubMed, PsychInfo, and ClinicalTrials.

Bipolar disorder in the postpartum period: management strategies and future directions.

Bipolar I and II disorder are chronic and severe psychiatric illnesses that affect many women. Furthermore, women are at increased risk for mood episodes during the postpartum period compared with non-postpartum periods. Unfortunately, identification of clinically significant depressive or (hypo)manic episodes can be challenging.

Effects of the menstrual cycle on bipolar disorder.

Objectives: Several lines of research suggest that reproductive events may affect the course of bipolar disorder (BD) in some women. With respect to the menstrual cycle, the focus has been on dysphoric symptoms [e.g.

The DSM-5 peripartum specifier: prospects and pitfalls.

The addition of the "with peripartum onset" specifier for mood episodes in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and broadening the scope of the specifier to include hypomanic episodes, are welcome changes. However, the peripartum onset specifier, by failing to distinguish between "prepartum" onset and "postpartum" onset, obfuscates important differences in mood episodes that might have distinct etiologies, clinical profiles, and responses to treatment. In addition, restricting the specifier to a period of 4 weeks postpartum potentially excludes many mood episodes that are associated with a postpartum onset.