Can reporting mood swings during oral contraceptive use predict peripartum depression? Results from the Swedish longitudinal cohort study Mom2B
Women with self-reported mood swings during OC use have higher risk of experiencing depressive symptoms across the peripartum period and twice the risk of newly developed PPDS during the early postpartum, adding to current evidence of a hormonal sensitive subgroup of women and the opportunity to use this simple question in future predictive efforts.
Authors
- Frida Gyllenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-5948)
- Alkistis Skalkidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4935-7532)
- Hanna Wierenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8550-4763)
- Fotios C. Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-3652)
- Femke Geusens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3600-2249)
- Erietta Karaviti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8554-6236)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10135
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00