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The impact of nonpsychotic postpartum psychiatric disorders (NPPDs) on offspring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

J. Stojanov ,
M. Stanković  and
A. Stojanov
J. Stojanov*
Affiliation:
Service for acute psychotic disorders, Special Hospital for Psychiatric Disorders, Gornja Toponica, Serbia
M. Stanković
Affiliation:
3. Center of Mental Health Protection, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia, 2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
A. Stojanov
Affiliation:
4. Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Nis, Nis, Serbia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Non-psychotic postpartum psychiatric disorders (NPPDs) are among the most common underdiagnosed mental disorders with a preserved reality test after delivery.

Objectives

NPPDs have been shown to have an association with infant growth, attachment, sleep, temperament and ultimately offspring’s emotional, behavioural, cognitive and social development.

Methods

Most prevalent NPPDs are postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, as well as obsessive–compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and eating disorders.

Results

The high methodological quality of the reviewed studies strengths the association between NPPDs and different disorders in the neurodevelopmental period with a negligible impact on mental status in adolescence and adulthood. NPPDs showed an effect on offspring’s emotional, behavioural, cognitive and social development, due to common developmental mechanisms.

Conclusions

Timely accurate identifying and treating NPPDs, by using NPPDs symptoms screening tools could reduce the incidence of mental disorders in offspring. Although neurodevelopmental disorders and mental disorders related to pregnancy as separate diagnostic categories have been insufficiently researched, the potential impact of postpartum mental disorders on children’s development is an extremely unexplored field that should be focused on in further scientific research.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S726
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