Liu ZH, He ST, Deng CM, et al. - In this multicentre, prospective, longitudinal research conducted at hospitals in Beijing, China, between 1 August 2014 and 25 April 2017, researchers determined if neuraxial labour analgesia is related to a reduced risk of 2-year depression. Participants were 599 nulliparous women with single-term cephalic pregnancy preparing for vaginal delivery. At delivery-room admission, 6-week postpartum and 2 years following childbirth, the participants were screened for depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. They used a score of 10 or higher as the threshold of depression. A follow-up of 2 years was completed by 508 parturients. Of these, 368 (72.4%) were administered neuraxial analgesia during labour. Among participants, decreased risk of maternal depression at 2 years following childbirth was reported in relation to the use of neuraxial analgesia during labour.