Oxytocin course over pregnancy and postpartum period and the association with postpartum depressive symptoms

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 571-579

  Jobst, Andrea ^a   Krause, Daniela ^a   Maiwald, Carina ^a   Härtl, Kristin ^b   Myint, Aye Mu ^a   Kästner, Ralph ^c   Obermeier, Michael ^a   Padberg, Frank ^a   Brücklmeier, Benedikt ^a   Weidinger, Elif ^a   Kieper, Susann ^a   Schwarz, Markus ^a   Zill, Peter ^a   Müller, Norbert ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Mother infant bonding; Oxytocin; Postpartum depression; Prediction of depressive symptoms

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GERMANY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975131291     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-016-0644-2     Document Type: Article

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