Understanding Perinatal Depression Care Gaps by Examining Care Access and Barriers in Perinatal Individuals With and Without Psychiatric History.

ABSTRACT: Background: Depression affects one in seven perinatal individuals and remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. Individuals with a psychiatric history are at an even greater risk of perinatal depression, but it is unclear how their experiences with the depression care pathway may differ from individuals without a psychiatric history. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis evaluating care access and barriers to care in perinatal individuals who screened positive for depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (N = 280). Data were analyzed from the PRogram in Support of Moms (PRISM) study, a cluster randomized controlled trial of two interventions for perinatal depression. Results: Individuals with no prepregnancy psychiatric

SUBMITTER: McNicholas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10541927 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature