Cardiovascular changes and mental health problems in pregnancy

Mechanisms linking Mental Health Problems and Cardiac Disease: A Review

Psychological problems play a critical role in development of cardiovascular disease. Several mechanisms were suggested to explain the association and mechanism of this effect, recently. Knowledge of the mechanisms mediating the association between psychological status and heart disease could help in developing treatments. The effects of mind and mood on the cardiovascular system can be due to ...

Teenage Pregnancy and Mental Health

This article reviews the intersection between adolescent pregnancy and mental health. The research involving mental health risks for adolescent pregnancy and for parents who are teenagers are discussed. Depression and conduct disorder have emerged with the most attention. Research-based treatment of these disorders in adolescents is presented.

Pregnancy , Delivery and Mental Health

Pregnancy and delivery have a major impact on the mental health of women, and give rise to many conditions mainly including maternity blues, postpartum depression, and puerperal psychosis, and also including psychiatric symptoms, neurosis, personality disorders and alcohol or drug dependence. While the incidence of maternity blues among postpartum women is high, the symptoms are improved sponta...

Evacuation and Mental Health Problems

"... There are children who are shy and distressed in cottage homes that are run on old fashioned discipline lines. . . . Either they cry and cry, or prove aggressive and go home. ... Yet most children tolerate their billets, and I suppose, so far, 50 per cent, would not go back if they could. Say 25 per cent are passably contented. 25 per cent, would go back at once, and of these, say 10 per c...

Mental health problems in Antarctica.