Intestinal microbiome and maternal mental health: preventing parental stress and enhancing resilience in mothers.

ABSTRACT: The number of mothers suffering from mental illness is increasing steadily, particularly under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. The identification of factors that contribute to resilience in mothers is urgently needed to decrease the risks of poor physical and psychological health. We focused on the risk of parenting stress and psychological resilience in healthy mothers with no psychiatric and physical disorders and conducted two studies to examine the relationships between intestinal microbiota, physical condition, and psychological state. Our results showed that alpha diversity and beta diversity of the microbiome are related to high parenting stress risk. Psychological resilience and physical conditions were associated with relative abundances of the genera Blautia, Clostridium,

SUBMITTER: Matsunaga M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature