Background Perinatal distress is a significant public health problem that adversely impacts
the individual and their family. The primary objective of this systematic review and meta …

BACKGROUND: Perinatal anxiety symptoms and disorders are prevalent and disabling but
have not to date been a focus for specific clinical and public health attention. The EPDS is …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of anxiety disorders in pregnant and postpartum
women and identify predictors accounting for variability across estimates. Data Sources: An …

Previous findings on peripartum anxiety are inconsistent in respect to the prevalence and
course of peripartum anxiety with comorbidity of depression. Our aim was threefold:(1) to …

Background Mindfulness interventions to reduce psychological distress are well-suited to
pregnancy, due to their brief and non-pharmacological nature, but there is a need for more …

Objective: The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health Research has recently invited
proposals for the design of a multicomponent primary care package of behavioral …

This paper concerns future policy development and programs of research for the prevention
of mental disorders based on research emerging from fetal and early life programming. The …

Background Perinatal depression is the most common complication of gestation and
childbearing affecting women and their families, and good social support and family function …

Background Serious parental mental illness poses a challenge to quality of life (QoL) in a
substantial number of children and adolescents. Improving the lives of these children is a …

Objectives Partners are a significant influence on individuals' health, and concordance in
health behaviours increases over time in couples. Several theories suggest that couple …