Is essential fatty acid status in late pregnancy predictive of post-natal depression?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-156

  Parker, G ^a,b   Hegarty, B ^a,b   Granville Smith, I ^a,b   Ho, J ^b   Paterson, A ^a,b   Gokiert, A ^a,b   Hadzi Pavlovic, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Omega 3 fatty acids; Post partum depression; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3;

ADULT; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DSM-IV; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; BLOOD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920266028     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12321     Document Type: Article

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