Depressive symptoms in the second trimester relate to low oxytocin levels in African-American women: a pilot study

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-129

  Garfield, Lindsey ^a   Giurgescu, Carmen ^b   Carter, C Sue ^f   Holditch Davis, Diane ^c   McFarlin, Barbara L ^a   Schwertz, Dorie ^a   Seng, Julia S ^d   White Traut, Rosemary ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Low income women; Oxytocin; Prenatal depression

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84939884963     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0437-4     Document Type: Article

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