The severity and role of somatic depressive symptoms in psychological networks in a longitudinal sample of peripartum women.

ABSTRACT: The inclusion of somatic symptoms in assessing peripartum depression (PPD), which encompasses depression during pregnancy and the postpartum period, has remained controversial, as there is substantial overlap between somatic depression symptoms and normal features of pregnancy/postpartum. This study examined whether trajectories differed by PPD symptom subscale and whether PPD symptom networks changed as a function of the peripartum phase. 418 women with a history of neuropsychiatric illness participated in a longitudinal observational study, completing symptom questionnaires assessing affective, cognitive, and somatic symptoms throughout pregnancy and the first year postpartum. Assessments were grouped into five peripartum phases: three trimesters of pregnancy and early/late postpartum. T

SUBMITTER: Baez LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429214 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature