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Mental Health and Diabetes During Pregnancy: Is It Chicken or Egg?

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Nutrition and Diet in Maternal Diabetes

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There is evidence of a bidirectional relationship between diabetes and depression in non-pregnant adults; however, there has been little investigation into whether this bidirectional relationship also exists for pregnant women who develop gestational diabetes (GDM) during the pregnancy. GDM is increasing in the pregnant population and in some ethnic groups in particular and can add significant morbidity for childbearing women and/or their babies. In this chapter we discuss a recent association we found between women having an Edinburgh Perinatal Depression Scale (EPDS) ≥ 13 at booking in for pregnancy care and the diagnosis of GDM at around 28 weeks of pregnancy. The underlying mechanism for this link needs to be established and confirmed in longitudinal studies. Models of care that perpetuate the body/mind dualism may be adding to ill health.

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Abbreviations

GDM:

Gestational diabetes mellitus

EPDS:

Edinburgh perinatal depression scale

BMI:

Body mass index

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  1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia

    Hannah Grace Dahlen & Charlene Thornton

  2. Ingham Institute, Liverpool, NSW, Australia

    Hannah Grace Dahlen

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  1. Department of Nutrition, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

    Rajkumar Rajendram

  2. Department of Nutrition, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Dahlen, H.G., Thornton, C. (2018). Mental Health and Diabetes During Pregnancy: Is It Chicken or Egg?. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Nutrition and Diet in Maternal Diabetes. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56440-1_4

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