Racial-Ethnic Differences in Treatment Initiation for New Diagnoses of Perinatal Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The adverse consequences of untreated perinatal depression highlight the need to identify populations to target in order to increase treatment rates. The authors sought to evaluate treatment initiation for a new diagnosis of depression during pregnancy or postpartum and to describe racial-ethnic differences in initiation and type (psychotherapy, antidepressants) of treatment in a large health care system with universal perinatal depression screening.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included women who delivered a live birth in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California system between October 2012 and May 2017. Black, Latina, Asian, and White women ages ≥15 years were eligible. New depression diagnoses were defined by using ICD-9 and ICD-10

SUBMITTER: Avalos LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084773 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature