HCPlive (6/27, Walter) reports research indicates that women with a history of postpartum depression (PPD) “in blood relatives ultimately had a higher risk of developing the disease themselves.” The study team arrived at that conclusion after using “data from Danish national registers to build a cohort with information on 848,544 singleton deliveries between 1996-2017.” The study also revealed that women “with a first-degree female relative with PPD history were more than 2.5 times likelier to have PPD,” whereas “the same is not true for those who have a second or third-degree female relative.” The findings were published online in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica.
Related Links:
— “Family History not a Major Risk Factor for Postpartum Depression “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, June 27, 2022