Mental health status of pregnant and breastfeeding women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for action

Michael Ceulemans¹, Titia Hompes^{2

3}, Veerle Foulon¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Mind-Body Research Unit, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Adult Psychiatry UPC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Michael Ceulemans et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;151(1):146-147.

doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13295. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Michael Ceulemans¹, Titia Hompes^{2

3}, Veerle Foulon¹

¹ Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Mind-Body Research Unit, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Adult Psychiatry UPC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

No abstract available

Keywords: Breastfeeding; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Mental health; Pregnancy.

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