Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review
Objective: To review the literature on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Sources: A review of literature found on MEDLINE/PubMed database. Summary of findings: The literature consistently shows that breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits for both the child and...
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| author | Bárbara Figueiredo Cláudia C. Dias Sónia Brandão Catarina Canário Rui Nunes-Costa |
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| description | Objective: To review the literature on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression.
Sources: A review of literature found on MEDLINE/PubMed database.
Summary of findings: The literature consistently shows that breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits for both the child and the mother. The psychological benefits for the mother are still in need of further research. Some studies point out that pregnancy depression is one of the factors that may contribute to breastfeeding failure. Others studies also suggest an association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression; the direction of this association is still unclear. Breastfeeding can promote hormonal processes that protect mothers against postpartum depression by attenuating cortisol response to stress. It can also reduce the risk of postpartum depression, by helping the regulation of sleep and wake patterns for mother and child, improving mother's selfefficacy and her emotional involvement with the child, reducing the child's temperamental difficulties, and promoting a better interaction between mother and child.
Conclusions: Studies demonstrate that breastfeeding can protect mothers from postpartum depression, and are starting to clarify which biological and psychological processes may explain this protection. However, there are still equivocal results in the literature that may be explained by the methodological limitations presented by some studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cd471a583484f9e82b495d35ff572932022-12-22T04:38:40ZporBrazilian Society of PediatricsJornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)2255-55362013-07-0189433233810.1016/j.jpedp.2012.12.004Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art reviewBárbara Figueiredo0Cláudia C. Dias1Sónia Brandão2Catarina Canário3Rui Nunes-Costa4Professora Associada com Agregação da Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, PortugalPesquisadora da Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, PortugalDoutoranda do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalDoutoranda da Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, PortugalDoutoranda da Escola de Psicologia, Universidade do Minho, Braga, PortugalObjective: To review the literature on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression. Sources: A review of literature found on MEDLINE/PubMed database. Summary of findings: The literature consistently shows that breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits for both the child and the mother. The psychological benefits for the mother are still in need of further research. Some studies point out that pregnancy depression is one of the factors that may contribute to breastfeeding failure. Others studies also suggest an association between breastfeeding and postpartum depression; the direction of this association is still unclear. Breastfeeding can promote hormonal processes that protect mothers against postpartum depression by attenuating cortisol response to stress. It can also reduce the risk of postpartum depression, by helping the regulation of sleep and wake patterns for mother and child, improving mother's selfefficacy and her emotional involvement with the child, reducing the child's temperamental difficulties, and promoting a better interaction between mother and child. Conclusions: Studies demonstrate that breastfeeding can protect mothers from postpartum depression, and are starting to clarify which biological and psychological processes may explain this protection. However, there are still equivocal results in the literature that may be explained by the methodological limitations presented by some studies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553613000712BreastfeedingPregnancy depressionPostpartum depressionHormones |
| spellingShingle | Bárbara Figueiredo Cláudia C. Dias Sónia Brandão Catarina Canário Rui Nunes-Costa Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português) Breastfeeding Pregnancy depression Postpartum depression Hormones |
| title | Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review |
| title_full | Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review |
| title_fullStr | Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review |
| title_short | Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: state of the art review |
| title_sort | breastfeeding and postpartum depression state of the art review |
| topic | Breastfeeding Pregnancy depression Postpartum depression Hormones |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553613000712 |
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