Postpartum Depression—Identifying Risk and Access to Intervention

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Purpose of Review: As maternal mortality climbs in the USA with mental health conditions driving these preventable deaths, the field of reproductive psychiatry must shift towards identification of women and other birthing individuals at risk and facilitating access. This review brings together recent studies regarding risk of perinatal depression and highlights important comorbidities that place individuals at higher vulnerability to poor perinatal outcomes. Recent Findings: Recent research suggests that identifying risk for perinatal depression including historical diagnoses of depression, anxiety, trauma, and comorbid substance use and intimate partner violence may move the field to focus on preventive care in peripartum populations. Emerging data shows stark health inequities in racial and ethnic minority populations historically marginalized by the health system and in other vulnerable groups such as LGBTQ+ individuals and those with severe mental illness. Summary: Innovative models of care using systems-level approaches can provide opportunities for identification and risk analyses of vulnerable peripartum patients and facilitate access to therapeutic or preventive interventions. Utilizing intergenerational approaches and leveraging multidisciplinary teams that thoughtfully target high-risk women and other birthing individuals could promote significant changes to population-level care in maternal health.

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Gopalan, P., Spada, M. L., Shenai, N., Brockman, I., Keil, M., Livingston, S., … Glance, J. B. (2022, December 1). Postpartum Depression—Identifying Risk and Access to Intervention. Current Psychiatry Reports. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-022-01392-7

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