Risk factors for postpartum depression among sexual minority and heterosexual parents.

Objective: Postpartum depression (PPD), a major depressive episode with postpartum onset, develops in 15% of mothers. Although findings suggest sexual minority parents may be at risk for PPD, research among this population is scarce. We evaluated risk factors for PPD in a sample of sexual minority and heterosexual parents.

Psychiatric disorders and compliance with prenatal care: A 10-year retrospective cohort compared to controls.

Background: Inadequate prenatal care has been associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. We sought to compare compliance with prenatal care visits (PCV), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and serum alfa-fetoprotein (aFP) in women with psychiatric disorders (PD) and healthy controls.

Methods: Subjects were 5395 women (1043 PD and 4352 controls), members of Clalit Health Services (Tel-Aviv district, Israel), who gave birth during 2004-2014.

Postpartum anxiety in a cohort of women from the general population: risk factors and association with depression during last week of pregnancy, postpartum depression and postpartum PTSD.

Background: In contrast to postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety receives less attention, especially in the general population. Acknowledging the phenomenon is important, as it may lead to significant distress and impair maternal functioning.

Objectives: To explore the phenomenon in a cohort of women in the general population and to investigate possible associated factors.

Postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: the uninvited birth companion.

Background: While many are familiar with postpartum depression, the phenomenon of postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is less well known and investigated.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of postpartum PTSD in a cohort of women in Israel and examine factors affecting its development.

Methods: Eighty-nine women completed several ratings immediately post-delivery and after a month.