Maternal psychiatric disorders before, during, and after pregnancy: a national cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Maternal mental health is a critical public health issue, yet the evidence on rates of incident psychiatric disorders before, during, and after pregnancy is limited. This study aimed to describe the calendar time trends and characterize and compare the risk of maternal psychiatric disorders before, during, and after pregnancy. Leveraging the national and regional registers in Sweden, we conducted a cohort study of all women who gave birth 2003-2019 in Sweden (1,799,010 pregnancies from 1,052,977 women). We identified any incident diagnosis of psychiatric disorders recorded during three periods: the preconceptional year, pregnancy, and the postpartum year. We calculated age and calendar year standardized incidence rate (SIR) of psychiatric disorders annually, and by week across three period

SUBMITTER: Brann E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700809 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature