Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate whether genetic variants in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) genes are associated with increased susceptibility for postnatal depression (PND).Methods: A prospective longitudinal cohort study at University Hospital, Coventry, England. Two hundred pregnant women were recruited and assessed for PND using the Edinburgh postnatal depression score (EPDS) upon recruitment and agai...