AI Summary
- Key risk factors include prior psychiatric disorder, severe depressive symptoms, social isolation, obstetric complications and intimate partner violence.
- Systemic barriers impede identification and treatment, such as inadequate screening, limited mental health resources, stigma and discontinuity of perinatal care.
- Opportunities include routine validated screening, integrated perinatal mental health services, provider training, community support pathways and policy driven resource allocation.
Midwifery. 2026 Jul 14;161:104928. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2026.104928. Online ahead of print.
NO ABSTRACT
PMID:42470760 | DOI:10.1016/j.midw.2026.104928
Share Evidence Blueprint
Save to Google Notes

Search Google Scholar
Save as PDF

