perinatal anxiety screening

Perinatal Anxiety Disorders: What is the Best Screening Tool?

There is a growing body of literature which indicates that anxiety symptoms are common during pregnancy and the postpartum period.  Anxiety during pregnancy places the woman at greater risk for postpartum depression and may also [...]

By |2025-12-11T09:48:21-04:00April 24th, 2019|Anxiety Disorders, Diagnosis & Screening, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Perinatal Anxiety Disorders: What is the Best Screening Tool?

One in Four Pregnant Women Suffers from Psychiatric Illness: How Can We Identify and Support Them?

  The title of the following article did not grab my attention; however, I discovered that this study, entitled Accuracy of the Whooley questions and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in identifying depression and other [...]

By |2018-09-10T12:34:24-04:00April 11th, 2018|Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on One in Four Pregnant Women Suffers from Psychiatric Illness: How Can We Identify and Support Them?

How Can We Screen for Perinatal Depression in the Developing World?

While perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD) have a global footprint, the majority of research related to this group of illnesses has come largely from more affluent, Westernized countries.  Similarly, the tools used to detect [...]

By |2017-02-06T18:24:55-04:00February 7th, 2017|Depressive Disorders, Diagnosis & Screening, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on How Can We Screen for Perinatal Depression in the Developing World?
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