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At a Korean hospital, nearly 1 in 4 women screened positive for depression after birth, and a similar share for anxiety, but only 7 of 66 women referred to psychiatry attended a first visit …
Read articleStress, low support, loneliness and depression during pregnancy were the factors most strongly linked to postpartum depression in a 2026 survey of 975 mothers from German-speaking countries.…
Read articleRestless legs syndrome (RLS), now also called Willis-Ekbom disease (WED), is a sleep-disrupting neurologic disorder that affects roughly 20–30% of pregnancies in some series and is linked to…
Read articleAn Ethiopian umbrella review estimated perinatal depressive symptoms at 22.49% across 8 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Antenatal and postnatal rates were similar, so the burden spans …
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