Short communication, Note
PREGNANCY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19. A MULTIPLE BIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGE
Christos Liapis
orcid.org/0000-0003-0969-7695
; Therapy Centre for Depended Individuals, Athens, Greece
Abstract
Pregnant women and their fetuses represent a high-risk population during infectious disease outbreaks, like current COVID-19
Pandemic, given the fact that consequences of a period of intense stress and anxiety during pregnancy, as spontaneous preterm labor
and psychiatric postpartum disorders, are already known. As fetal brain faces neurodevelopmental challenges in a cytotoxic
environment of possible inflammation and increased catecholamine levels, mother also has to cope with a hostile environment of
uncertainty, rich in bio-social threats that can be devastating for both maternal and fetal health, as well as for Public Health.
Keywords
COVID-19; pregnancy; bio-psychological challenge
Hrčak ID:
272991
URI
Publication date:
8.2.2022.
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