Changes in stigma and help-seeking in relation to postpartum depression: non-clinical parenting intervention sample.

ABSTRACT: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a prevalent mental illness affecting women, and less commonly, men in the weeks and months after giving birth. Despite the high incidence of PPD in Australia, rates for help-seeking remain low, with stigma and discrimination frequently cited as the most common deterrents to seeking help from a professional source. The present study sought to investigate PPD stigma in a sample of parents and to examine the effects of an intervention on stigma and help-seeking behaviour. A total of 212 parents aged 18-71 years (M = 36.88, 194 females) completed measures of personal and perceived PPD stigma and attitudes towards seeking mental health services and were randomly assigned to one of four groups: an intervention group (video documentary or factsheet related to

SUBMITTER: Thorsteinsson EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230434 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature