Exclusive breastfeeding moderates the association between prenatal and postpartum depression

Exclusive breastfeeding has a wide range of benefits for maternal health. However, the benefit of exclusive breastfeeding for maternal mental health needs to be further explored.
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was conducted at Psychology Research Centre (UID/PSI/01662/2013), University of Minho, and supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science through national funds and co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE2020 under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI‐ 01‐ 0145‐ FEDER‐ 007653). EPIUnit is funded by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (UIDB/04750/2020). This research was also supported by FEDER Funds through the Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade—COMPETE, and by National Funds through FSE and FCT under the project PTDC/SAU/SAP/116738/2010 and individual grants (SFRH/BD/115048/2016 and SFRH/BPD/117597/2016).