Women with ADHD are six times more likely than neurotypical mothers to experience postpartum anxiety, and five times more likely to experience postpartum depression, according to a new Swedish study on PPD.
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postpartum,” the researchers wrote. “Therefore, ADHD needs to be considered in maternal care, regardless of sociodemographic factors and other psychiatric disorders.” Using population-based registers from Sweden, the researchers identified 773,047 women who gave birth to their first or second child between 2005-2013. Of that number, 3,515 had received anbefore their pregnancy. They also analyzed data on women’s depression and anxiety diagnoses before pregnancy, maternal age at delivery, highest achieved maternal education at childbirth, cohabitation status with their child’s father, and family history of depression and anxiety disorders.
The study found that the risk of PPD and postpartum anxiety was lower for women diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder before pregnancy and those with a history or family history of depression or anxiety. The researchers suggested that women diagnosed before pregnancy with ADHD and depression or ADHD and anxiety may have received greater support and treatment during and after their pregnancies compared to women diagnosed with ADHD alone.
The study also reported that women with ADHD gave birth to their first child at a younger age than did women without ADHD , supporting previous research. A study published in the
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