Perinatal depressive symptoms preceded by mental health problems

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

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Causal attributions of mental health problems and depressive symptoms among older Somali refugees in Finland.

Causal attributions of mental health problems play a crucial role in shaping and differentiating illness experience in different sociocultural and ethnic groups. The aims of this study were (a) to analyze older Somali refugees' causal attributions of mental health problems; (b) to examine the associations between demographic and diagnostic characteristics, proxy indicators of acculturation, and...

Does Mother-Child Interaction Mediate the Relation Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children's Mental Health Problems?

The relation between maternal depressive symptoms and children's mental health problems has been well established. However, prior studies have predominantly focused on maternal reports of children's mental health problems and on parenting behavior, as a broad and unilateral concept. This cross-sectional study examined specific observed mother-child interaction behaviors through which maternal d...

Problems of Perinatal Mental Health Care in Tokyo, Japan

Recently, a dramatic increase in pregnancies complicated by mental disorders has been observed in Tokyo, Japan [1, 2]. In 2014, the estimated number of deliveries complicated by mental disorders was 1,800 [2]. The rate of general hospital with psychiatric inpatient beds is only about 16% of the delivery facilities in Tokyo; however, about 36% of the deliveries with mental disorders were managed...

Infertility Problems and Mental Health Symptoms in a Community-Based Sample: Depressive Symptoms Among Infertile Men, But Not Women