Up to one - fifth of women of childbearing age experience depressive symptoms that often lead to mild to
moderate depression, and prescriptions for antidepressants
during pregnancy have increased in recent years.
Leucine helps regulate your blood sugar by
moderating insulin into the body
during and after exercise and can even help prevent and treat
depression by the way it acts on neurotransmitters in the brain.
I posted above (# 686), concerning my seemingly - hormonally - driven
depression / anxiety (I'm almost 19 weeks pregnant, and while I used to have
moderate mood fluctuations
during the luteal phase of my cycle, pregnancy just slammed me into a wall).
They all had the ability to understand and provide written informed consent in English, had access to a telephone
during the program period and were identified as having mild /
moderate depression when screened using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9).
One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported
moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the
depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in
depression symptoms among program mothers
during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of
depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group
during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal
depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.
The relationship between adult attachment and
depression in Korean mothers
during the first 2 years postpartum: A
moderated mediation model of self - esteem and maternal efficacy.