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13-03-2024 | Mood Disorders | Short Communication

Assisted reproductive technologies could be associated with higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with postpartum major depression

Authors: Florence Gressier, Antonia Mezzacappa, Nine Glangeaud-Freudenthal, Bruno Falissard, Emmanuelle Corruble, Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay

Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health

Abstract

No increased risk of postpartum major depression (PPMD) was reported in women conceiving through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). However, ART may be associated with a higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with PPMD. In 359 women with a PPMD admitted to a Mother-Baby Unit (MBU), ART-women (4.2%) showed a 5-fold higher rate of parenting difficulties than those with spontaneous pregnancy (73.33% vs. 35.17%, multivariate ORa = 5.09 [1.48–17.48] p = 0.01). Specific support for mother-child relationship should be implemented in ART-women with PPMD.

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Title: Assisted reproductive technologies could be associated with higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with postpartum major depression
Authors: Florence Gressier
Antonia Mezzacappa
Nine Glangeaud-Freudenthal
Bruno Falissard
Emmanuelle Corruble
Anne-Laure Sutter-Dallay
Publication date: 13-03-2024
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Keywords: Mood Disorders
Affective Disorder
Published in: Archives of Women's Mental Health
Print ISSN: 1434-1816
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01454-0

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Assisted reproductive technologies could be associated with higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with postpartum major depression

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