Jill Domoney looks at a new study that tries to identify and describe clinically relevant subtypes of perinatal depression.
[read the full story...]A closer look at perinatal depression
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Perinatal mental health problems in fathers are common and legitimate, but we need better ways to reach and help them
André Tomlin explores a recent qualitative study of fathers’ views and experiences of their own perinatal mental health, and also shares his own lived experience of postnatal depression and anxiety.
[read the full story...]Rumination and postnatal depression: a systematic review and cognitive model
Jill Domoney publishes her debut Mental Ef blog on a recent systematic review focusing on the perinatal period, which includes a new cognitive model of rumination and postnatal depression.
[read the full story...]Perinatal mental health difficulties: does the internet have the answer?
Jane Iles summarises a recent systematic review of digital interventions for perinatal mental health, which highlights a mixed bag of heterogeneous studies in this field.
[read the full story...]Postnatal depression: is it a unique mental health difficulty, or part of a trajectory of depression across the life-span?
Jane Iles appraises a 20-year prospective cohort study of postnatal depression, which follows women from adolescence, to young adulthood and on to motherhood. The research presents some compelling data about the risk of perinatal mental health difficulties in new mothers.
[read the full story...]Antidepressants for depression: new BAP guidance
Helge Hasselmann summarises the recently published evidence-based guidance on antidepressants for depression published by the British Association for Psychopharmacology.
[read the full story...]Could partner factors reduce the risk of maternal depression and anxiety in the perinatal period?
Paul Ramchandani and Ellen Grimas report on the findings of a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of modifiable partner factors associated with perinatal depression and anxiety.
[read the full story...]Antidepressants during pregnancy and risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Meg Fluharty examines the findings of a recent study, which looks at the risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) when mothers take antidepressants during pregnancy.
[read the full story...]Sleep disruption during and after pregnancy may be associated with postpartum mental illness
Susie Johnson summarises a systematic review that explores the relationship between sleep disruption and postpartum mental illness, which reports a link between self-reported poor sleep during and after pregnancy and the development of postpartum depression.
[read the full story...]CBT for treating and preventing perinatal depression
Sarah McDonald appraises a systematic review of CBT for treating and preventing perinatal depression. The meta-analysis finds that, when compared to control conditions, CBT resulted in significant reductions in depressive symptoms in both treatment and prevention studies.
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