August 27, 2020

Early Pregnancy Mood before and during COVID-19 Community Restrictions among Women of Low Socioeconomic Status in New York City

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Mental Health and Personal Impact

Keywords (Tags): mental health personal impact

• Women living in low socioeconomic status in New York City showed an improvement in mood in following the implementation of social restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of 488 women who attended their first prenatal appointment between February 3 and June 12, 2020 at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, an improvement in prenatal mood was observed following social restrictions (May 4–June 12) compared to before imposing social restrictions (February 2–March 11).

Silverman et al. (Aug 25, 2020). Early Pregnancy Mood before and during COVID-19 Community Restrictions among Women of Low Socioeconomic Status in New York City: A Preliminary Study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-020-01061-9