The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety - A systematic review.
Front Neuroendocrinol
; 72: 101117, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Perinatal depression (PND) and anxiety affect around 20% of women, but available pharmacotherapy is not sufficiently effective in 20-60% of them, indicating a need for better understanding of these diseases. Since stress is a significant risk factor for PND, the aim was to examine the role of biological, environmental and psychological stress in PND and anxiety through a systematic literature search. Overall 210 studies were included, among which numerous rodent studies showed that perinatal stress induced depressive-like and anxious behavior, which was associated with HPA-axis alterations and morphological brain changes. Human studies indicated that the relationship between cortisol and perinatal depression/anxiety was not as clear and with many contradictions, although social and psychological stress were clearly positively associated with PND. Finally, oxytocin, synthetic neuroactive steroid and n-3 PUFA diet have been identified as potentially beneficial in the therapy of PND and anxiety, worth to be investigated in the future.
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Ansiedad
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Estrés Psicológico
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Depresión
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Front Neuroendocrinol
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2024
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Article
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Alemania