Fatty acid status and maternal mental health

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 99-111

  Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DHA; Maternal mental health; Omega 3 fatty acids; Post partum depression; Pregnancy; Review

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TERT BUTYLHYDROQUINONE; TOCOPHEROL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY MASS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAIN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952212062     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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