In this issue of American Family Physician, Langan and Goodbred review the identification and management of perinatal depression in women.1 Although new fathers are at lower risk of depression than are new mothers,2 the prevalence of depression in new fathers is higher than that in the general population.3 Depression occurs in 10% of men from their partner’s first trimester to one year postpart...

BACKGROUND Mood disorders in pregnancy and post-partum period are common and considered as a public health issue. Researchers have studied the relationship between low serum vitamin D concentration and perinatal depression, although no clinical trial has been conducted on vitamin D's effects on depression related to childbirth. This study evaluated the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on pe...

BACKGROUND Given that the prevalence of antenatal and postnatal depression is high, with estimates around 13%, and the consequences serious, efforts have been made to identify risk factors to assist in prevention, identification and treatment. Most risk factors associated with postnatal depression have been well researched, whereas predictors of antenatal depression have been less researched. R...

OBJECTIVE To assess the sociodemographic risk factors for the prevalence and incidence of relevant postpartum depressive symptoms. METHOD We studied a cohort of women in their perinatal period with the assistance of the public health system in the city of Pelotas-RS, Brazil. We assessed depressive symptoms with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in the prenatal and postnatal peri...

OBJECTIVE To promote prompt identification and treatment ofperinatal depression and enhance preventive care for women at risk. METHODS Using MEDLINE and PubMed searches, we reviewed the recent research on the origins, course, and consequences of pregnancy-related depression. RESULTS Depressive disorders are more common in pregnancy and postpartum than widely assumed, and there is no predict...

BACKGROUND Mood and anxiety and related disorders (AD) account for a significant proportion of mental health conditions, with close to 30 % of the population (28.8 %) suffering from an AD at some time in their life, and over fifteen percent (16.2 %) suffering from a mood disorder. The existing empirical literature leaves a number of important gaps with respect to our understanding of mood, anxi...

Journal of Women's HealthVol. 30, No. 4 EditorialsTwo Birds with One Stone: Joint Screening for Perinatal Depression and AnxietyKurt KroenkeKurt KroenkeAddress correspondence to: Kurt Kroenke, MD, Indiana University School Medicine Regenstrief Institute, Room 221, 1101 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA E-mail Address: [email protected] Indiana, USA.Search more papers b...