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Intestinal microbiome and maternal mental health: preventing parental stress and enhancing resilience in mothers.

ABSTRACT: The number of mothers suffering from mental illness is increasing steadily, particularly under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. The identification of factors that contribute to resilience in mothers is urgently needed to decrease the risks of poor physical and psychological health. We focused on the risk of parenting stress and psychological resilience in healthy mothers with no psychiatric and physical disorders and conducted two studies to examine the relationships between intestinal microbiota, physical condition, and psychological state. Our results showed that alpha diversity and beta diversity of the microbiome are related to high parenting stress risk. Psychological resilience and physical conditions were associated with relative abundances of the genera Blautia, Clostridium, and Eggerthella. This study helps further understand the gut-brain axis mechanisms and supports proposals for enhancing resilience in mothers.

SUBMITTER: Matsunaga M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904874 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intestinal microbiome and maternal mental health: preventing parental stress and enhancing resilience in mothers.

Matsunaga Michiko M Takeuchi Mariko M Watanabe Satoshi S Takeda Aya K AK Kikusui Takefumi T Mogi Kazutaka K Nagasawa Miho M Hagihara Keisuke K Myowa Masako M

Communications biology 20240229 1

The number of mothers suffering from mental illness is increasing steadily, particularly under conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. The identification of factors that contribute to resilience in mothers is urgently needed to decrease the risks of poor physical and psychological health. We focused on the risk of parenting stress and psychological resilience in healthy mothers with no psychiatric and physical disorders and conducted two studies to examine the relationships between intestinal mi ...[more]

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Intestinal microbiome and maternal mental health: preventing parental stress and enhancing resilience in mothers.

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Intestinal microbiome and maternal mental health: preventing parental stress and enhancing resilience in mothers.

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