Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid status during pregnancy and maternal mental health in pregnancy and the postpartum period: Results from the GUSTO study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e848-e856

  Chong, Mary F F ^a,b,d   Ong, Yi Lin ^b   Calder, Philip C ^h,j   Colega, Marjorelee ^b   Wong, Jocelyn X Y ^b   Tan, Chuen Seng ^c   Lim, Ai Lin ^b   Fisk, Helena L ^h   Cai, Shirong ^e   Pang, Wei Wei ^e   Broekman, Birit F P ^b,d   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Kwek, Kenneth ^f,g   Godfrey, Keith M ⁱ   Chong, Yap Seng ^b,e   Gluckman, Peter ^a,b,k   Meaney, Michael J ^b,l   Chen, Helen ^f,g  

^a Clinical Nutrition Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Department of Psychological Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^h Human Development and Health Academic Unit   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^l MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84938067142     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: 15552101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14m09191     Document Type: Article

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