Mothers With MS Have Higher Incidence of Mental Illness [medpagetoday.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 1/25/252:49 PM

By Judy George, MedPage Today, Image: screenshot from article, January 24, 2025

Mothers with multiple sclerosis (MS) had a higher risk of peripartum mental illness than comparator mothers, administrative health data from Canada showed.

Incident mental illness -- most commonly, depression and anxiety -- affected 8.4% of mothers with MS prenatally and 14.2% during the first postpartum year, reported Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, and co-authors.

The incidence of mental illness was higher among women with MS during both the prenatal period (incidence ratio [IR] 1.26, 95% CI 1.11-1.44) and the postpartum period (IR 1.33 for the first year, 95% CI 1.20-1.47) versus comparator mothers, the researchers wrote in Neurologyopens in a new tab or window.

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