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A Biopsychosocial Conceptual Framework of Postpartum Depression Risk in Immigrant and U.S.-born Latina Mothers in the United States

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: In this review, we offer a conceptual framework that identifies risk factors of postpartum depression (PPD) in immigrant and U.S.-born Latinas in the U.S. by focusing on psychosocial and neuroendocrine factors. While the evidence of the impact psychosocial stressors have on the development of PPD have been well documented, less is known about the biological etiology of PPD or how these complex stressors jointly increase the risk of PPD in immigrant and U.S.-born Latinas in the U.S.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/zc1q-ng55

Authors: Grewen, Karen, Girdler, Susan S., Meltzer-Brody, Samantha, Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill