Perinatal Mental Health News

• Delivering better maternal mental health care: A diagnosis

  The Conversation | March 2017

• Why maternal mental health matters

  Huffingtion Post | March 2017

• What effect does prenatal and postpartum maternal depression have on children?

  EurekAlert | February 2017

• Just 7% of pregnant women and new moms with mental health problems get specialist care

  Huffingtion Post | February 2017

• NICE indicator promotes postnatal mental health assessment in primary care

  Nursing Times | February 2017

• Postpartum depression: The worst kept secret

  Harvard Health Blog | February 2017

• Postpartum depression is fundamentally different from other mood disorders

  Huffingtion Post | January 2017

• The majority of stillbirths occur in Africa but how does a mother deal with the loss?

  Huffingtion Post | January 2017

• Early exposure to maternal depression impacts children’s neural empathic response to others’ distress

  News-Medical | January 2017

• Depression in pregnancy: Why doing nothing about it may be a bad idea

  The Conversation | December 2016

• Suicide is the leading direct cause of death among new mums, report shows

  Huffingtion Post | December 2016

• Congress passes groundbreaking postpartum depression legislation

  Huffingtion Post | December 2016

• Maternal deaths from suicide must be tackled, say experts

  The BMJ | December 2016

• The damage caused by stillbirth is too great to ignore

  Huffingtion Post | November 2016

• The biggest threats to pregnant women aren’t what you think they are

  Redbook | October 2016

• Depression in pregnancy increases risk of mental health problems in children

  Imperial College London | September 2016

• Maternal depression significantly higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with wealthier countries

  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | September 2016

• Prenatal depression may be the most severe form of maternal depression

  The Washington Post | August 2016

• GNA Integrate mental healthcare into maternal health delivery – Specialist

  GhanaWeb | August 2016

• Staff shortages leave 30,000 pregnant women with mental health problems without proper care

  The Telegraph | August 2016

• Postpartum anxiety might be even more common than PPD

  Huffingtion Post | June 2016

• Do pediatricians have a role in addressing maternal depression? New Medicaid guidance shows the way

  Health Affairs Blog | June 2016

• Postpartum anxiety much more common than depression in new moms, study says

  CBC News | June 2016

• Maternal depression screening is causing more women to avail of mental healthcare services

  Parent Herald | June 2016

• Detecting depression early in pregnant women

  Regina Leader-Post | May 2016

• Hunting the genetic signs of postpartum depression with an iphone app

  The New York Times | March 2016

• Less than half of pediatricians inquire about maternal mental health

  Newswise | March 2016

• An insurance penalty from postpartum depression

  The New York Times | February 2016

• 10 things worth knowing about maternal mental health

  Female First | February 2016

• ‘Don’t push down your grief’: Our readers describe the pain of a miscarriage

  The Guardian | February 2016