Incorporating mental healthcare into routine postpartum nursing is a promising approach for reducing depression in new mothers.

Context This study focuses on postpartum depression, a problem that has lasting negative effects on children of affected mothers.1 The authors note that in Norway, postpartum mental health is inadequately addressed, thus postpartum depression is underidentifi ed as well as undertreated. To improve the postpartum care provided by PHNs, the authors describe a programme in which standard care is reshaped to include a mental health perspective.