Team links placental hormone spike to postpartum depression
Team links placental hormone spike to postpartum depression
- May 2, 2024
- Isabel Almeida, Chicano/Latino studies, Futurity, May 2, 2024
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Researchers have found evidence of a potential link between patterns of changes in a key pregnancy hormone called placental corticotropin-releasing hormone and symptoms of postpartum depression. … “One in 5 women report experiencing elevated depressive symptoms within the year after giving birth,” says lead author Isabel F. Almeida, assistant professor of Chicano/Latino studies and director of the Latina Perinatal Health Lab at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit https://www.futurity.org/postpartum-depression-placental-hormone-spike-pregnancy-3214532-2/.
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