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Using a Murine Model of Psychosocial Stress in Pregnancy as a Translationally Relevant Paradigm for Psychiatric Disorders in Mothers and Infants
Published on: June 13, 2021
Global call to understand intersectionality between heat exposure and perinatal mental health
1School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Correspondence- Ashish KC, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 5B, Gothenburg, Sweden. ashish.kc@gu.se.
Abstract:
Increasing heat events, due to human induced climate change have shown to affect vulnerable populations such as pregnant and postpartum women and their mental health. Moreover, consequences of heat events can be unevenly distributed, affecting communities with existing structural discrimination and socially and economically disadvantaged populations. The risk of perinatal depression might be higher in pregnant and postpartum women. In this commentary, we argue, based on the review of literature, that there is a quintessential need for scientific research to investigate the interlinkage between heat events and perinatal depression.
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