Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are psychiatric conditions that can result in severe problems. About 10-15% of pregnant women will develop these disorders after delivery.
We developed a battery of sensitive cognitive tasks to examine whether cognitive biases during pregnancy can predict future development of postpartum depression and PTSD.
This knowledge may shed light on the mechanisms underlying adaptive vs. maladaptive biased processing patterns during pregnancy and ultimately lead to the development of individually tailored preventive treatment. For more information about the research click here.