Proactive approaches to preventing postpartum depression in non-depressive pregnant women: a comprehensive scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Postpartum depression is a significant global health challenge that affects mothers, infants, and families. Although various preventive strategies show promise, comprehensive reviews evaluating interventions among pregnant women without a clinical diagnosis of depression remain limited. This scoping review aims to identify and synthesize the existing evidence on proactive postpartum depression prevention programs initiated during pregnancy.

Methods

Following PRISMA guidelines for scoping reviews, we systematically searched PubMed and Scopus, supplemented by manual reference reviews. Our search strategy combined terms related to postpartum depression, pregnancy, and preventive interventions. Studies were included if they evaluated interventions conducted during p

SUBMITTER: Nguyen NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12014592 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature