peripartum depression

Announcing the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale at the App Store

We are very pleased to announce the release of the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale available free of charge on the App Store (https://appsto.re/us/-3X4jb.i). The MGHPDS smartphone app includes digital versions of perinatal depression screening tools [...]

By |2017-11-21T11:17:10-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Announcing the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale at the App Store

Depression Trajectories Across the Peripartum Period: Many Women Depressed During the First Postpartum Year

In the earliest studies, postpartum depression was described an episode of depression associated with childbirth, typically emerging within the first three months after delivery.  As more research has been carried out, we have learned that [...]

By |2019-03-15T11:53:58-04:00September 26th, 2016|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders|Comments Off on Depression Trajectories Across the Peripartum Period: Many Women Depressed During the First Postpartum Year

Women with Epilepsy at Higher Risk for Perinatal Depression

A recent study examined the prevalence and risk factors for perinatal depression and anxiety in a group of Norwegian women with epilepsy (n = 706) compared to pregnancies in all women without epilepsy (n = 106,511).

By |2016-07-21T11:07:25-04:00December 23rd, 2014|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Prevalence & Risk Factors, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Women with Epilepsy at Higher Risk for Perinatal Depression
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