Lifeline4Moms Perinatal Mental Health Toolkit

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

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Australian mental health reform for perinatal care.

Should perinatal mental health be everyone's business?

Although pregnancy and birth are a positive time for most women, between 10 and 20% of women suffer from mental health problems during this period. Mental health problems can arise in pregnancy or after birth and most commonly consist of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following a difficult birth and stress-related conditions such as adjustment disorder. Severe postnat...

The Development and Initial Validation of the Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Scale in Student Midwives

Background & aim: Perinatal mental health problems have been demonstrated to impact upon maternal, and fetal/child outcomes. Despite the global evidence and a policy-driven responsibility for identification of these problems, research demonstrates that student midwives/midwives lack knowledge and confidence to assess, identify, and manage them. A similar context is evident for learning disabili...

Perinatal Maternal Mental Health, Fetal Programming and Child Development

Maternal mental disorders over pregnancy show a clear influence on child development. This review is focused on the possible mechanisms by which maternal mental disorders influence fetal development via programming effects. This field is complex since mental health symptoms during pregnancy vary in type, timing and severity and maternal psychological distress is often accompanied by higher rate...