Japanese primary care physicians' postpartum mental health care: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postpartum mental health care is a public health priority requiring interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration. Primary care physicians (PCPs) have the potential to play an essential role in facilitating access to health care and providing comprehensive and coordinated care for postpartum mental health problems. In Japan, however, there are no previous studies on the extent to which PCPs are involved in postpartum mental health care. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the practices and experiences of Japanese PCPs in providing such care.

Methods

This study presents a subset of the findings from a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire on postpartum care among Japanese PCPs. We employed descriptive analysis to examine their practic

SUBMITTER: Narumoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11221064 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature