Howard and Khalifeh1 provide us with an excellent account of the epidemiology of perinatal
mental health; the importance of social determinants of mental ill health, such as poverty …

The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath have increased pre-existing inequalities and risk
factors for mental disorders in general, but perinatal mental disorders are of particular …

Perinatal depression affects more than 15% of women (Shorey et al. 2018), and suicide is
the leading cause of perinatal death in high-socioeconomic countries (Oates 2003). With the …

The COVID-19 emergency has affected us all, but not equally. Families where parents have
mental illness (PMI) are potentially at increased risk, but little is known about how they or …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly impacted
mental health and well-being around the globe. Public health measures to control the virus's …

Objectives: There are reports of mental health worsening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We aimed to assess whether this occurred in women who were pregnant at baseline (late …

Two alarming and consequential truths were exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19
pandemic. First, a global mental health crisis endangers the well-being of families …

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the urgent need to tackle the crisis of mental health
among children and young people. We call for a multi-stakeholder Global Mental Health …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant lifecourse rupture, not least to
those who had specific physical vulnerabilities to the virus, but also to those who were …

Abstract Background In March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by
the World Health Organization (WHO), generating stark economic and social repercussions …