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Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Last updated July 15, 2026

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Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

Weijing Qi

Hebei Medical University

Junjiao Liu

Shanxi Medical University

National Cancer Center

Genevieve Le Bas

Deakin University

Camila Servin-Barthet

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Noor de Waal

Tilburg University

Yanchi Wang

Wenzhou Medical University

Angarath I. van der Zee-van den Berg

Public Health Service of Amsterdam

Papers

Publication in Scientific Reports (2024) [142 citations, W4399140177]

Scientific Reports|2024

142 cit.

Publication in BMC Public Health (2024) [93 citations, W4393434247]

BMC Public Health|2024

93 cit.

Prediction of postpartum depression in women: development and validation of multiple machine learning models

Journal of Translational Medicine|2025

38 cit.

Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [32 citations, W4406468197]

Nature Communications|2025

32 cit.

A gut reaction? The role of the microbiome in aggression

Brain Behavior and Immunity|2024

27 cit.

Publication in JAMA Pediatrics (2025) [23 citations, W4411329712]

JAMA Pediatrics|2025

23 cit.

Publication in Scientific Reports (2024) [12 citations, W4392190490]

Scientific Reports|2024

12 cit.

Publication in BMC Psychiatry (2024) [12 citations, W4405703415]

BMC Psychiatry|2024

12 cit.

Publication in BMC Psychiatry (2024) [10 citations, W4402923762]

BMC Psychiatry|2024

10 cit.

Postpartum depression and maternal-infant bonding: the mediating role of mentalizing and parenting self-efficacy

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth|2025

10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Papers

Sensitive, Challenging, and Difficult Topics: Experiences and Practical Considerations for Qualitative Researchers

International Journal of Qualitative Methods|2022

129 cit.

Women’s neuroplasticity during gestation, childbirth and postpartum

Nature Neuroscience|2024

77 cit.

Inside the ‘imperfect mosaic’: Minority ethnic women’s qualitative experiences of race and ethnicity during pregnancy, childbirth, and maternity care in the United Kingdom

BMC Public Health|2023

34 cit.

On race and ethnicity during a global pandemic: An ‘imperfect mosaic’ of maternal and child health services in ethnically-diverse South London, United Kingdom

EClinicalMedicine|2022

33 cit.

Family Factors Associated with Hands-On Play and Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Child & Youth Care Forum|2022

31 cit.

Navigating uncertainty alone: A grounded theory analysis of women’s psycho-social experiences of pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in London

Women and Birth|2022

30 cit.

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an App-Based Program for Mothers of Toddlers

Frontiers in Psychiatry|2022

28 cit.

Comparison between the for‐profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation?

Maternal and Child Nutrition|2023

27 cit.

Receiving screened donor human milk for their infant supports parental wellbeing: a mixed-methods study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth|2022

25 cit.

A Qualitative Exploration of the Perceptions of Women Living with Pelvic Floor Disorders and Factors Related to Quality of Life

Journal of Clinical Medicine|2024

25 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Papers

Risky families: Family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring.

Psychological Bulletin|2002

2.9k cit.

The development and validation of the body shape questionnaire

International Journal of Eating Disorders|1987

2.2k cit.

Allostatic load as a marker of cumulative biological risk: MacArthur studies of successful aging

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001

1.4k cit.

Price of Adaptation—Allostatic Load and Its Health Consequences

Archives of Internal Medicine|1997

1.4k cit.

Emotion regulation in depression: Relation to cognitive inhibition

Cognition & Emotion|2009

1.2k cit.

Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination

The Lancet|1997

1.2k cit.

The Impact of Postnatal Depression and Associated Adversity on Early Mother-Infant Interactions and Later Infant Outcome

Child Development|1996

1.1k cit.

Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years

The British Journal of Psychiatry|2002

1.1k cit.

Onset Timing, Thoughts of Self-harm, and Diagnoses in Postpartum Women With Screen-Positive Depression Findings

JAMA Psychiatry|2013

1.1k cit.

Attentional Biases for Negative Interpersonal Stimuli in Clinical Depression.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology|2004

909 cit.

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