Anxiety, depression and stress in pregnancy
Implications for Mothers, Children, Research, and Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23364676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Dunkel Schetter (0000-0003-0965-1742, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Lynlee Tanner, Lynlee R Tanner (University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 141-148 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Opinion in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-7367 • E-ISSN: 1473-6578 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/yco.0b013e3283503680 |
| PMID | 22262028 |
| PMCID | PMC4447112 |
| OpenAlex | W1979423658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 144 |
| References cited | 50 |
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To briefly review results of the latest research on the contributions of depression, anxiety, and stress exposures in pregnancy to adverse maternal and child outcomes, and to direct attention to new findings on pregnancy anxiety, a potent maternal risk factor. RECENT FINDINGS: Anxiety, depression, and stress in pregnancy are risk factors for adverse outcomes for mothers and children. Anxiety in pregnancy is associated with shorter gestation and has adverse implications for fetal neurodevelopment and child outcomes. Anxiety about a particular pregnancy is especially potent. Chronic strain, exposure to racism, and depressive symptoms in mothers during pregnancy are associated with lower birth weight infants with consequences for infant development. These distinguishable risk factors and related pathways to distinct birth outcomes merit further investigation. SUMMARY: This body of evidence, and the developing consensus regarding biological and behavioral mechanisms, sets the stage for a next era of psychiatric and collaborative interdisciplinary research on pregnancy to reduce the burden of maternal stress, depression, and anxiety in the perinatal period. It is critical to identify the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic thresholds that warrant prenatal intervention and to develop efficient, effective and ecologically valid screening and intervention strategies to be used widely.
Adverse effect · Anxiety · Depression (economics) · Gestation · Intervention (counseling) · Low birth weight · Pregnancy · Prenatal stress · Psychiatry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Menstrual Health and Disorders · Psychology
Relationship Between Religious Attitudes of Pregnant Women and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Levels in Turkey
Effectiveness of Internet-Based Emotion-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iECBT) with and without husband’s participation in improvement of psychological distress in pregnant women with anxiety disorders
Association between maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy and the risk of preeclampsia
Psychological Stress Perceived by Pregnant Women in the Last Trimester of Pregnancy
The Psychometric Properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 for Pregnant Women
“A Woman Is a Puppet.” Women’s Disempowerment and Prenatal Anxiety in Pakistan
Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Enhanced Midwifery Care to Support Women Experiencing Subclinical Depression
Prenatal maternal mood entropy is associated with child neurodevelopment
A Review of the Effects of Anxiety During Pregnancy on Children's Health
The Impact of Covid-19 on Community Perinatal Doula Support Services for Black Women
Biological and behavioral pathways from prenatal depression to offspring cardiometabolic risk
Developmental origins of infant emotion regulation
Pregnancy Anxiety as a Social Symptom
The prevalence of mental health-related multimorbidity during pregnancy
Early Childhood Adversity and Pregnancy Outcomes
Variations in Relationships Between Perceived Stress and Birth Outcomes by Immigration Status
Predictors of Early Postpartum Maternal Functioning Among Women Veterans
Identifying the women at risk of antenatal anxiety and depression
Effects of perinatal mental disorders on the fetus and child
Conservation of Resources Theory
Gendered Racism in Pregnancy and Stress Among Women in the United States During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Racism, stress, and sense of personal control among Aboriginal Australian pregnant women
Psychological and Physical Intimate Partner Aggression Are Associated with Broad and Specific Internalizing Symptoms during Pregnancy
Prenatal Maternal Anxiety in South Asia
Maternal stress and social support during Hurricane Florence
Pregnant in a Pandemic
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Complex Post-traumatic Stress in Pregnant Teens
Factors affecting resilience in pregnant Lebanese women exposed to overlapping crises
Sleep, light exposure at night, and psychological wellbeing during pregnancy
A Socioecological Framework to Assessing Depression Among Pregnant Teens
Maternal Diet Quality and Third Trimester Depression
Factors associated with pregnancy-related anxiety among pregnant women attending antenatal care follow-up at Bedelle general hospital and Metu Karl comprehensive specialized hospital, Southwest Ethiopia
Pregnancy-Related Anxiety, Perceived Parental Self-Efficacy and the Influence of Parity and Age
Preventive Effects on Birth Outcomes
Mobile Health in Maternal and Newborn Care
Racial Disparity, Depression, and Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Teens
Sleep Bruxism in Puerperal Women
Father Early Engagement Behaviors and Infant Low Birth Weight
Finding my voice again” - women’s experiences of psychological therapy in perinatal secondary care settings
Manifestation and Associated Factors of Pregnancy-Related Worries in Expectant Fathers
Intergenerational effects of climate disasters
The Relationship Between Race, Inflammation and Psychosocial Factors Among Pregnant Women
The Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training on Mental Health of Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women
Screening for depression during pregnancy using the Kurdish version of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in Erbil city
Stress, Coping, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Pregnant Women in Outpatient Care During the 2021 Second-Wave Covid-19 Pandemic
Long commutes to work during pregnancy and infant health at birth
Maternal Mental Illness Is Associated with Adverse Neonate Outcomes
Automated classification of lay health articles using natural language processing
Uncovering Burdens, Examining Needs, and Shedding Assumptions of Evidence-Based Social Support Programs for Mothers
Behavioral Inhibition in the Second Year of Life Is Predicted by Prenatal Maternal Anxiety, Overprotective Parenting and Infant Temperament in Early Infancy
Tokophobia and Anxiety in Pregnant Women during the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic in Poland—A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
Effects of a Psychosocial Couple-Based Prevention Program on Adverse Birth Outcomes
Covid-19 Pandemic, Isolation and Birth
Navigating Funding Benchmarks
Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms Predict Early Infant Health Concerns
Pregnancy-related anxiety in Saudi women
Transdisciplinary Imagination
Perceived Financial Satisfaction, Health Related Quality of Life and depressive Symptoms in Early Pregnancy
Meeting Women Where They Are
Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy
Associations between Prepartum and Postpartum Maternal Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Related to Covid-19 Pandemic and Childhood Sensory Avoidance
An assessment of anxiety and depression among HIV-positive pregnant women in a tertiary hospital located in southeast Nigeria
Stress During Pregnancy Associated with Newborn Low Birth Weight
Development of national dietary and lifestyle guidelines for pregnant women in Lebanon
Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Perinatal Populations
Mind-body practice as a primer to maintain psychological health among pregnant women–Yogesta–a randomized controlled trial
Promotion of Pre-natal Education Courses Is Associated With Reducing the Rates of Caesarean Section
The food and nutritional insecurity experienced by pregnant women living in shelters following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkiye
An evolutionary perspective on the association between grandmother-mother relationships and maternal mental health among a cohort of pregnant Latina women
Psychological impact of fetal anomaly diagnosis
Pregnancy experiences of UK teenage mothers during the Covid-19 pandemic
The feasibility and acceptability of a single-session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention to support women self-reporting fear of childbirth in a first pregnancy
Gendered Racism and Anticipated Pregnancy-Specific Stress Among Non-Pregnant Nulliparous Black, Latina, and Multiracial Women
Need for greater post-trial support for clinical trial participants assessing high-risk, irreversible treatments
A coparent intervention to prevent prenatal stress and depression symptoms in families with lower incomes
Predictors of choice of public and private maternity care among nulliparous women in Ireland, and implications for maternity care and birth experience
Association between prenatal maternal anxiety and/or stress and offspring's cognitive functioning
Maternal Depressive Symptoms During the Pre- and Postnatal Periods and Infant Attention to Emotional Faces
The protective value of trait mindfulness for mothers' anxiety during the perinatal period
Depression, anxiety and stress in the various trimesters of pregnancy in women referring to Tabriz health centres, 2016
Perceived stress and its psychological correlates in pregnant women
Changes in Parenting Self-Efficacy and Mood Symptoms in the Transition to Parenthood
Jewish and Arab pregnant women’s psychological distress during the Covid-19 pandemic
How Depressive Symptoms among African American Women Relate to Measures of Social Disorder in Her Childhood and Pregnancy Neighborhood
Anticipated Negative Police-Youth Encounters and Depressive Symptoms among Pregnant African American Women
Housing Instability and Birth Weight among Young Urban Mothers
Unintentional injuries and risk behaviours of internal migrant children in southern China
Childbirth anxieties in the shadow of Covid‐19
The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and a History of Childhood Abuse on Mental Health and Stress during Pregnancy
Perceived Humanization by Intimate Partners during Pregnancy Is Associated with fewer Depressive Symptoms, Less Body Dissatisfaction, and Greater Sexual Satisfaction through Reduced Self-Objectification
Changes in Experiences With Discrimination Across Pregnancy and Postpartum
The first prior
Gradients in low birthweight by maternal education
Educational differences in prenatal anxiety and depressive symptoms and the role of childhood circumstances
The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria
Subjective Social Status, Mental and Psychosocial Health, and Birth Weight Differences in Mexican–American and Mexican Immigrant Women
The Impact of Neighborhood Environment, Social Support, and Avoidance Coping on Depressive Symptoms of Pregnant African-American Women
Women's Use and Self-Prescription of Herbal Medicine during Pregnancy
Health and Access to Care among Reproductive-Age Women by Sexual Orientation and Pregnancy Status
Life Course Adversity and Prior Miscarriage in a Pregnancy Cohort
Integrated perinatal health framework
Psychosocial Stress and Pregnancy Outcome
Antenatal maternal anxiety and stress and the neurobehavioural development of the fetus and child
Individual and Combined Effects of Postpartum Depression in Mothers and Fathers on Parenting Behavior
Maternal Stress and Preterm Birth
Resilience in the Context of Chronic Stress and Health in Adults
Neighborhood context and reproductive health
Psychological Science on Pregnancy
Depression and anxiety during pregnancy
Psychological adaptation and birth outcomes
Racial differences in birth outcomes
Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Relation to Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity
Maternal Prenatal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety and Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Baltimore, Maryland
Preconception Care Between Pregnancies
Racial Residential Segregation and Low Birth Weight in Michigan's Metropolitan Areas
Birth outcomes for Arabic-named women in California before and after September 11
Maternal stress and affect influence fetal neurobehavioral development
Prenatal Stress and Risk for Psychopathology
Explaining Disproportionately High Rates of Adverse Birth Outcomes Among African Americans
| Unique citing works | 144 |
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| Citations per year | 11,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 131 |