A couple of months ago (I think) there was a discussion of PND and
breastfeeding and I quoted the Victorian (Australian) Survey of Recent
Mothers which found that bottle feeding mothers were more likely to be
depressed than breastfeeding mothers. The researchers sent the survey to
all women in the state of Victoria who had a baby in a one week in 1989.
The response rate was 790 out of 1107 (71.4%). The adjusted odds ratio for
depression in bottle feeding mothers was 1.86 (confidence interval
1.01-3.43) p <0.05.
Anyway, I don't think they have published this in a journal, but they have
published the results in a book: Missing Voices: The Experience of
Motherhood. The authors are Stephanie Brown, Judith Lumley, Rhonda Small
and Jill Astbury. Oxford University Press, 1994.
Anyone interested in childhood sexual abuse should also look for Jill
Astbury's 1996 book: Crazy for You: The Making of Women's Madness (also
Oxford).
Lisa Amir
GP / IBCLC in Melbourne (we pronounce it "Melb'ne") Australia.