Elevated Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Human Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

Authors

Ilona S. Yim, University of California - Irvine
Laura M. Glynn, Chapman UniversityFollow
Christine Dunkel Schetter, University of California - Los AngelesFollow
Calvin J. Hobel, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet, University of California - Irvine
Curt A. Sandman, University of California - IrvineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) is common and has serious implications for the mother and her newborn. A possible link between placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH) and PPD incidence has been discussed, but there is a lack of empirical evidence.

Comments

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Archives of General Psychiatry, volume 66, 2009 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.533.

Recommended Citation

Yim I, Glynn LM, Dunkel Schetter C, Hobel CJ, Chicz-DeMet A & Sandman (2009). Elevated corticotrophin-releasing hormone in human pregnancy increases the risk of postpartum depressive symptoms. Archives of General Psychiatry, 66, 162-269.
doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.533

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American Medical Association